Tim Eicke is a practising barrister at Essex Court Chambers in London. From September 2016 to September 2025, he was the Judge elected in respect of the United Kingdom on the European Court of Human Rights, where he was involved in a significant number of important cases. A dual-British/German national, he studied law at the Universities of Passau and Dundee. He was called to the bar in 1993 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in 2011. While in practice at the Bar, he regularly argued cases in the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights and acted for claimants, governments and interveners. In 2017, he received an Honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee. Between October 2020 and October 2024, he was Vice-President of Section and Duty Judge responsible for interim measures (rule 39) applications. His expertise covers Public International Law, Human rights law, the law of the European Union as well as public and constitutional law.