Sir Gavin Anthony Lightman (20 December 1939 – 2 March 2020)^[1] was a judge of the English High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 1994. He retired from office as a High Court judge on 10 January 2008 and was later the chairman of Harbour Litigation Funding's Investment Committee.

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He was the son of Harold Lightman and the brother of Stafford Lightman.

• University College, London (LLB 1st class Hons 1961; Fellow, 2002)
• University of Michigan (LLM)

• Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield, 1962
• Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1963, Bencher 1987; QC 1980
• Judge of the Crown Office 1995- (now Administrative Court)
• Judge of the Restrictive Practices Court 1997-2001

• Vice President, Anglo-Jewish Association, 1995- (Dep. Pres., 1986–92)
• Chairman: Education Committee, Anglo Jewish Association, 1986–94
• Chairman: Education Committee, Hillel House, 1992-96 (Vice-Pres., 1996-)
• Chairman: Legal Friends, University of Haifa, 1990- (Governor, 1994
• Chairman: Leonard Sainer Legal Education Foundation, 2000-
• Patron: Commonwealth Jewish Council, 1994-2000 (Chm., 2000-)
• Patron: Hammerson Home, 1996-
• Patron: British Fulbright Scholars Association (BFSA), 2008-
• Treasurer: Lincoln's Inn, 2008
• Chairman: Investment Committee, Harbour Litigation Funding (2010–present)