Kim Lewison

The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Lewison
Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
4 October 2011
Personal details
Born 1 May 1952

Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison (born 1 May 1952)[1] is a Lord Justice of Appeal. He is a graduate of Downing College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.[2]

Career

Lewison was called to the bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1975 and has been a Bencher since 2003. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1991. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1994 and a Recorder in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. He was appointed to the High Court of Justice on 29 April 2003[3] and assigned to the Chancery Division, receiving the customary knighthood. The following year, he was appointed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Lewison served as Chancery Supervising Judge from 2007 to 2009. On 3 October 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal,[4] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Judiciary". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/32899/Kim-Martin-Jordan-Lewison-LEWISON
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 56924. p. 5453. 2 May 2003.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59931. p. 19091. 6 October 2011.


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