Sir Peregrine Simon | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
In office October 2015 –June 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 June 1950 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Judge |
Profession | Law |
Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon PC (born 20 June 1950), [1] is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. [2]
He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall,Cambridge. He was called to the Bar,Middle Temple in 1973. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1991;as a Bencher in 1999 and Recorder in 1998. [3]
He was knighted in 2002 on his appointment as a High Court judge (assigned to the Queen's Bench Division). He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2015 and upon this appointment he was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. This gave him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life. He retired on 21 June 2020. [4]
He is one of the three sons of Jocelyn Simon,Baron Simon of Glaisdale and his second wife,the former Fay Pearson. [5] [6]
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