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'''Sir Martin Benedict Spencer''' (born |
'''Sir Martin Benedict Spencer''' (born 19 June 1956)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-01 |title=Spencer, Hon. Sir Martin (Benedict), (born 19 June 1956) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-4000360 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=[[Who's Who (UK)]] |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u4000360|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref> is a British [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]]. |
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Spencer was educated at [[Hertford College, Oxford]] where he completed an [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]] and the [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]]. He was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1979, practising from Halisham Chambers from 1981 where he was head of chambers from 2009 to 2016. He [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 2003 and served as a [[Recorder (judge)|recorder]] from 2011 to 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-31 |title=Hailsham Chambers is proud to announce the appointment of Martin Spencer QC as High Court Judge |url=https://www.hailshamchambers.com/hailsham-chambers-proud-announce-appointment-martin-spencer-qc-high-court-judge/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Hailsham Chambers |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
Spencer was educated at [[Hertford College, Oxford]] where he completed an [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]] and the [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]]. He was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] at the [[Inner Temple]] in 1979, practising from Halisham Chambers from 1981 where he was head of chambers from 2009 to 2016. He [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 2003 and served as a [[Recorder (judge)|recorder]] from 2011 to 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-31 |title=Hailsham Chambers is proud to announce the appointment of Martin Spencer QC as High Court Judge |url=https://www.hailshamchambers.com/hailsham-chambers-proud-announce-appointment-martin-spencer-qc-high-court-judge/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Hailsham Chambers |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:46, 19 June 2023
Mr Justice Martin Spencer | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 2 October 2017 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 19 June 1956 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Sir Martin Benedict Spencer (born 19 June 1956)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Spencer was educated at Hertford College, Oxford where he completed an MA and the BCL. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1979, practising from Halisham Chambers from 1981 where he was head of chambers from 2009 to 2016. He took silk in 2003 and served as a recorder from 2011 to 2017.[1][2]
On 2 October 2017, he was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[3] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. From 2017, he serves as chair of the Expert Witness Institute and since 2019 serves on the Judicial Security Committee.[1]
In 1977, he married Lisbet Steengaard Jensen, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Spencer, Hon. Sir Martin (Benedict), (born 19 June 1956)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u4000360. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Hailsham Chambers is proud to announce the appointment of Martin Spencer QC as High Court Judge". Hailsham Chambers. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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