Michael Supperstone

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Sir Michael Supperstone
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Justice of the High Court
In office
2010 –31 March 2020
Personal details
Born
Michael Alan Supperstone

(1950-03-30) 30 March 1950 (age 74)
Alma mater Lincoln College, Oxford

Sir Michael Alan Supperstone (born 30 March 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Supperstone, is a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. [1]

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1973 and became a bencher there in 1999. [2] He was made a QC in 1991, deputy judge of the High Court from 1998 to 2010, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2010. [3] He received the customary knighthood on appointment. [4] From 2017 he was judge in charge of the Administrative Court. On 31 March 2020, he retired from the High Court. [5]

Supperstone was a member of the barristers' chambers 11 King's Bench Walk. [6] He presided over the long-running case involving The Consulting Association, which admitted blacklisting construction workers over union activities. The proceedings were brought by the blacklisted workers. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ 'SUPPERSTONE, Hon. Sir Michael (Alan)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. ↑ "Masters of the Bench: The Hon Mr Justice Supperstone". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
  3. ↑ "No. 59491". The London Gazette . 19 July 2010. p. 13713.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of a High Court Judge". Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom). 9 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Michael Alan Supperstone". Judiciary UK. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "About: History". 11 King's Bench Walk.
  7. ↑ Evans, Rob (11 May 2016). "Construction firms apologise in court over blacklist". The Guardian .
  8. ↑ "Protests in High Court as three-year blacklisting case ends". Building . 11 May 2016.


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