Lord Justice Lewison | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
Assumed office 4 October 2011 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
High Court judge Chancery Division | |
In office 29 April 2003 –3 October 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kim Martin Jordan Lewison 1 May 1952 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Downing College,Cambridge |
Occupation | Barrister,judge |
Profession | Lawyer |
Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison,PC (born 1 May 1952),styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewison,is a Lord Justice of Appeal. He is a graduate of Downing College,Cambridge,where he is an honorary Fellow. [1]
Lewison was born on 1 May 1952 to Anthony Frederick Lewison and Dinora Lewison (née Pines). [2] [3] He was educated at St Paul's School,an all-boys private school in London. [3] He studied at Downing College,Cambridge. [3]
Lewison was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1975 and has been a Bencher since 2003. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1991. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1994 and a Recorder in 1997. In 2000,he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. He was appointed to the High Court of Justice on 29 April 2003 [4] and assigned to the Chancery Division,receiving the customary knighthood.
The following year,he was appointed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Lewison served as Chancery Supervising Judge from 2007 to 2009. On 3 October 2011,he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, [5] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.
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