Jeremy Stuart-Smith

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The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
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Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Education Radley College
Alma mater Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation Judge

Sir Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith (born 18 January 1955), styled the Rt Hon Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, is an English judge who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2020.

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Origins and education

He is the son of Sir Murray Stuart-Smith (a former Lord Justice of Appeal) and Joan, the daughter of Major Thomas Motion. He was educated at Radley College and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. [1]

Stuart-Smith was called to the Bar in 1978 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997. [2] He was appointed a High Court judge with effect from 2 October 2012, being assigned by the Lord Chief Justice to the Queen’s Bench Division. [3] He was consequentially knighted in the 2013 Special Honours. [4] He was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2020.

He is the co-author, with Professor Robert Merkin, of a textbook on the law of motor insurance. [5]

Personal life

Stuart-Smith married on 25 September 1982 Hon. Arabella Montgomery, the daughter of David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. They had five children: [6]

He is a keen player of the French horn. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith QC". Corpus Christi College. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "No. 54736". The London Gazette . 15 April 1997. p. 4476.
  3. ↑ "Appointment of a High Court Judge – Stuart-Smith" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "No. 60439". The London Gazette . 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
  5. ↑ Merkin and Stuart-Smith, The Law of Motor Insurance (Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, 2004).
  6. ↑ "Montgomery of Alamein", Burke’s Peerage.
  7. ↑ "Tulkinghorn: Horns of Plenty". The Lawyer. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2012.


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