Mr Justice Wall | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2020 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 4 March 1963 London,England |
| Alma mater | St John's College,Cambridge |
Sir Mark Arthur Wall (born 4 March 1963), [1] styled The Honourable Mr Justice Wall,is a British High Court judge.
Wall was born in London,England and grew up in Worcestershire. [2] He was educated at King Charles I School in Kidderminster and completed a BA at St John's College,Cambridge in 1984. [1]
Wall was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1985 and developed a practice in criminal law based at Citadel Chambers. [3] He was appointed a recorder in 2002,took silk in 2006,and was leader of the Midland circuit from 2011 to 2014. He was a member of the Bar Council from 2008 to 2014. [1]
In 2013,Wall was appointed a deputy High Court judge in the Administrative Court and was appointed a circuit judge a year later.
On 1 October 2020,Wall was appointed a judge of the High Court,following the promotion of Sir Richard Arnold to the Court of Appeal,and he was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division (now King's Bench Division). [4] [5] [6] He received the customary knighthood in the same year. [1]
In 1987,Wall married Carmel Adler (a circuit judge). They have a son and a daughter. [1]
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