Sir Christopher Clarke | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
In office 1 October 2013 –14 March 2017 | |
Justice of the High Court | |
In office 2005–2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 March 1947 |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge |
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He was educated at Marlborough College and Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge. [2]
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1969,and served as a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 2005 to 2013. He has been a judge of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved since 2015.
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