Mr Justice Marcus Smith | |
|---|---|
 Smith in 2017 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2017 | |
| Competition Appeals Tribunal | |
| President | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1967 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Balliol College,Oxford |
Sir Marcus Alexander Smith (born 1 July 1967 [1] ) is a British High Court judge. [2]
Smith was educated at Balliol College,Oxford,completing a BA in 1988 and a BCL in 1990. He also attended the University of Munich. [1]
In 1998,he married Louise Merrett,with whom he has one son and one daughter. [1]
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1991 and practised commercial and regulatory law from Fountain Court Chambers,where he also completed his pupillage. [3] [4] From 1991 to 1994,he was a lecturer in law at Balliol. In addition to practice,he wrote two textbooks:Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance with Raymond Cox QC and Louise Merrett (2006) and The Law of Assignment with Nico Leslie (2007,3rd edition 2018). [1]
He was a part-time Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2009 [2] and was appointed King's Counsel in 2010. [5]
On 12 January 2017,he was appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to the Chancery Division. [4] He received his customary Knight Bachelor in the same year. [6]
He is on the Financial List,the Patents Court,the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) and the Administrative Court. [2] From 2019 to 2021,he was the Business and Property Courts Supervising Judge for the Midlands and Western circuit. In November 2021,he was appointed President of the Competition Appeals Tribunal. [2]
On 09 August 2024,he was issued with a reprimand for serious misconduct by the Lady Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor for giving a love letter to a junior member of staff. [7] [8]
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