Murray Stuart-Smith
The Right Honourable Sir Murray Stuart-Smith (born 18 November 1927) was an English barrister and High Court judge.[1]
Early life
He was educated at Radley College and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1]
He was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1952 and was made a Bencher 1978. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1970, and as judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) in 1981. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1987, and retired in 2000. He later served as President of the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar from 2007, and as Justice of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda from 2004.[1]
Hillsborough Report
In retirement Sir Murray was appointed to re-examine Lord Taylor's report into the Hillsborough disaster, together with the wider question of whether the inquest process had been satisfactory. Sir Murray broadly concluded that there were no problems with the way that the inquiry had been handled. Lord Falconer later stated "I am absolutely sure that Sir Murray Stuart-Smith came completely to the wrong conclusion".[2] Falconer added: "It made the families in the Hillsborough disaster feel after one establishment cover-up, here was another."[2]
Family
Sir Murray is father to Jeremy Stuart-Smith, also a judge.
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 "Rt Hon Sir Murray Stuart-Smith". Debrett's. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Hillsborough inquiry by Blair government criticised". BBC News. 25 October 2011.