Stephen Stewart (judge)

Sir Stephen Paul Stewart (born 9 October 1953) is a Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

Career

Stewart was called to the bar at Middle Temple, where he was a Harmsworth major exhibitioner and scholar, in 1975. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1995 and a Recorder in 1999. He was a deputy judge of the Technology and Construction Court from 2000 to 2003. He was appointed a senior circuit judge (Northern Circuit) in 2003.[1] On 7 May 2013, Stewart was appointed a High Court judge,[2] assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, and received the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours.[3]

References
  1. "His Hon Judge Stephen Stewart, QC". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. "No. 60499". The London Gazette. 9 May 2013. p. 9181.
  3. List of Knights Bachelor, thegazette.co.uk; accessed 5 September 2015.


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