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Stephen Males

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Lord Justice Males
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Judge of the Court of Appeal
Assumed office
2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Charles III
High Court Judge
Queen's Bench Division
In office
2012–2019
Personal details
Born
Stephen Martin Males

(1955-11-24) 24 November 1955 (age 66)
NationalityBritish
EducationThe Skinners' School
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
OccupationCourt of Appeal judge
ProfessionJudge

Sir Stephen Martin Males (born 24 November 1955), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Males is a British judge who serves as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

Males attended The Skinners' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MA degree in law in 1977.[1]

Males was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1999 and was Deputy High Court Judge until his promotion to the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2012,[2] receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours.[3] He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019, receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, allowing him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life.[4]

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

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The Skinners' School

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The Skinners' School, is a British Grammar School with academy status for boys located in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Established in 1887, the school was founded by the Worshipful Company of Skinners in response to a demand for education in the region. Today Skinners' remains an all-boys grammar school, recently awarded specialist status in science and mathematics in recognition of these disciplines' excellent teaching. The current enrolment is 1119 pupils, of whom around 325 are in the sixth form. The first headmaster was Reverend Frederick Knott, after whom Knott House is named. The current Headmaster is Edward Wesson.

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Middle Temple

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2013 Special Honours

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The Right Honourable

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Source: "Stephen Males", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, September 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Males.

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References
  1. ^ "20 Essex St Contacts: Stephen Males QC". Legal500. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Males" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
  4. ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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