Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony

Judge

1943 –

99

Who is Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony?

Anthony Peter Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, PC, QC is one of the first eleven Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Justices, and was the first High Court Judge to be appointed directly to that court when it came into existence on 1 October 2009 without having sat as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was also appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 11 April 2011 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions. He was previously Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales.

Clarke was educated at Oakham School. In 1957 the trial of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams first made him interested in pursuing a career in the law. He read economics and law at King's College, Cambridge, before being called, in 1965, to the Bar at Middle Temple where he specialised in commercial and maritime law. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1979, and was a Recorder sitting in both criminal and civil courts from 1985 to 1992.

In 1993, Clarke became a High Court judge and, as is customary, was appointed a Knight Bachelor. He was allocated to the Queen's Bench Division and, in April 1993, he succeeded Mr Justice Sheen as the Admiralty Judge.

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Born
May 13, 1943
Also known as
  • Judge Anthony Clarke
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • King's College, Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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