Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe

The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
The Right Honourable; The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe; GBS PC
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
	In office; 1 October 2009 – 17 March 2013
Nominated by	Jack Straw
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	The Lord Toulson
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
	In office; 1 October 2002 – 30 September 2009
Preceded by	The Lord Slynn of Hadley
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Lord Justice of Appeal
	In office; 1997–2002
High Court Judge
	In office; 1994–1997
Personal details
Born	Robert Walker; 17 March 1938
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Suzanne Diana Leggi (m. 1962)
Residence	London and Essex
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Judge
Profession	Barrister

Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe GBS PC (born 17 March 1938) is an English barrister and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He also serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.[1]

Early life and non-judicial career

Born on 17 March 1938, the son of Ronald Robert Antony Walker by his wife Mary Helen, Walker was educated at Downside School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1960 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.

In 2010 he was the treasurer of Lincoln's Inn.

Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe has served on the Honorary Editorial Board of the Warwick Student Law Review since its inception in 2010.

In 1994, Walker was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division, and as is customary was then made a Knight Bachelor, before serving as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1997. He succeeded Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2002 and was created a Life Peer as Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, of Gestingthorpe in the County of Essex.[2][3] He and nine other Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009.

Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe married Suzanne Diana Leggi in 1962; they have three daughters and one son.

Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation) [2001] Fam 147
Gillett v Holt [2000] 3 WLR 815
Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41
Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd [2009] UKHL 39
HJ and HT v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 31
Futter & Anor v HMRC; Pitt & Anor v HMRC [2013] UKSC 26
Moulin Global Eyecare Trading Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue, FACV 5/2013, (2014) 17 HKCFAR 218
Chang Wa Shan v Esther Chan Pui Kwan, FACV 2/2018, (2018) 21 HKCFAR 370

Coat of arms of Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
	Motto Mentem Mortalia Tangunt [4]

Order of precedence
Preceded by The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal	Hong Kong order of precedence Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal	Succeeded by The Lord Collins of Mapesbury Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal

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