Stephen Cobb (judge)

Sir Stephen William Scott Cobb (born 12 April 1962) is a British judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Career

Cobb is the son of Sir John Francis Scott Cobb, a judge in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Liverpool. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1985. In 2003, he was appointed Queen's Counsel and in 2004 was appointed a Recorder. In December 2012, he was appointed a High Court judge with effect from 11 January 2013.[1] He was assigned to the Family Division and received the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours.[2]

Notable judgments

In 2015, sitting in the Court of Protection, he ruled that a woman with six children and an IQ of 70 should be sterilized because another pregnancy would have been a "significantly life-threatening event" for her and the foetus due to her having a very thin uterus.[3]

References
  1. "Appointment of a High Court Judge – Cobb QC" (Press release). Judiciary of England and Wales. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. List of Knights Bachelor, thegazette.co.uk; accessed 5 September 2015.
  3. James Gallagher (February 4, 2015). "Mother of six 'can be sterilised' – court ruling". BBC. Retrieved February 12, 2015.


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