Mary Stacey Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Mrs Justice Stacey
Office:High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Term Start:1 October 2020
Predecessor:Mr Justice Supperstone
Birth Date:15 May 1961
Birth Place:United Kingdom
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Keble College, Oxford

Dame Mary Elizabeth Stacey, (born 15 May 1961)[1] is a British High Court judge.

Stacey is the daughter of Rev Nicholas Stacey and was educated at The King's School in Canterbury.[2] She studied English at Keble College, Oxford and graduated with a BA in 1982.

Stacey was admitted as a solicitor in 1987, becoming partner and head of equality at Thompsons in 1993 and serving in that role until 1997. She was part-time chair of the employment tribunals from 1997 to 2003, and full-time chair and latterly an employment judge from 2003 to 2014. She was appointed a recorder in 2007, a circuit judge in 2014, and deputy High Court judge in 2018. She was member of Goldsmiths, University of London council from 2008 to 2014.[3]

On 1 October 2020, Stacey was appointed a judge of the High Court, replacing Sir Michael Supperstone who retired, and she was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[4] She took the customary damehood in the same year.

In 2004, she married Stuart Bell and together they have two sons.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-12-01 . Stacey, Hon. Dame Mary Elizabeth, (born 15 May 1961) . subscription . 2022-04-22 . . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U43130. 978-0-19-954088-4 .
  2. Web site: 2020-09-14 . Mary Stacey (OKS) becomes second 1978 leaver to be appointed a High Court judge . 2022-04-22 . The King's School, Canterbury.
  3. Web site: 2020-09-11 . High Court Appointments . 2022-04-22 . Judiciary UK.
  4. Web site: Senior Judiciary . 2022-04-22 . Judiciary UK.