Stephen Eyre

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The Honourable
Mr Justice Eyre
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Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2021

Sir Stephen John Arthur Eyre (born 17 October 1957), styled Mr Justice Eyre, is a British High Court judge. [1] [2]

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Personal life

Eyre was born in Stourbridge on the 17th of October 1957 and attended Solihull School in the West Midlands. [2]

He later began his studies in 1976 at New College, Oxford, taking a Bachelor of Arts in 1979 and Bachelor of Civil Law in 1980. [3] He would later taking a Master of Laws in 2010 at Cardiff University. [3]

Eyre married Margaret Goodman in 1989. [3]

He was called to the Bar in 1981 by Inner Temple, making him the first lawyer in his family. [4] [1] He then became a member of 1 Fountain Court Chambers in Birmingham until 2002 when the chambers merged with St Philips Chambers, Birmingham. [3] [5]

Eyre was appointed as a Recorder in 2005 and in 2007, appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge for the First-tier Tribunal of Health, Education and Social Care. [6]

From 2009 to 2020 Stephen Eyre was Chancellor, Vicar-General and Official Principal of the Diocese of Coventry (a Judge of the Consistory Court and principal legal adviser to the Lord Bishop) being replaced in that position by The Worshipful Glyn Samuel. [7] He was also Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield for ten years until September 2022, being replaced in that position by The Worshipful Dr Anthony Verduyn. [8]

Eyre was appointed King's Counsel in 2015. [2]

He would later be appointed as a Circuit judge in 2015 and assigned to the Birmingham, Leamington Spa and Wolverhampton Circuit. [4] [5] In 2017 he was appointed to the Business and Property Courts in Manchester and Liverpool, as a Specialist Civil Circuit Judge. [6]

In 2021, Eyre was appointed as a High Court Judge and assigned to the King's Bench Division. [1] He received the customary title of Knight Bachelor in March 2022 at Windsor Castle. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Appointment of High Court Judges: Eyre QC & Williams QC". www.judiciary.uk. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "EYRE, Mr Stephen John Arthur - JustCite". www.justcite.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Eyre, Hon. Sir Stephen (John Arthur), (born 17 Oct. 1957), a Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, since 2021" . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283137. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 "High Court Judges 2021". Judicial Appointments Commission. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Greaves, Gemma (9 March 2015). "Stephen Eyre QC Appointed to the Circuit Bench". St Philips. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Business and Property Courts (B&PCs) Judges in Liverpool". www.judiciary.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Announcement of new Chancellor of Coventry - Diocese of Coventry".
  8. ↑ "New Chancellor installed - Diocese of Lichfield".
  9. ↑ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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