Christopher Clarke (judge)
Sir Christopher Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 1 October 2013 – 14 March 2017 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1947 |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Sir Christopher Simon Courtenay Stephenson Clarke (born 14 March 1947) is a British judge who is president of the Bermuda Court of Appeal. He was a lord justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2013 to 2017.[1]
Clarke was educated at Marlborough College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2]
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1969, became a QC on 1984 and served as a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 2005 to 2013. Clarke was counsel to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry (1998–2004).[3]
References
- ^ "Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice Clarke". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017.
- ^ ‘CLARKE, Rt Hon. Sir Christopher (Simon Courtenay Stephenson)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ 'Sir Christopher Clarke'. Brick Court Chambers, undated. Retrieved 20 February 2026