Michael Supperstone Explained

Sir Michael Supperstone
Office:Justice of the High Court
Term Start:2010
Term End:31 March 2020
Birth Date:30 March 1950
Birthname:Michael Alan Supperstone
Alma Mater:Lincoln College, Oxford

Sir Michael Alan Supperstone (born 30 March 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Supperstone, is a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford.[1]

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1973 and became a bencher there in 1999.[2] He was made a QC in 1991, deputy judge of the High Court from 1998 to 2010, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2010. He received the customary knighthood on appointment.[3] From 2017 he was judge in charge of the Administrative Court. On 31 March 2020, he retired from the High Court.[4]

Supperstone was a member of the barristers' chambers 11 King's Bench Walk.[5] He presided over the long-running case involving The Consulting Association, which admitted blacklisting construction workers over union activities. The proceedings were brought by the blacklisted workers.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. 'SUPPERSTONE, Hon. Sir Michael (Alan)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. Web site: Masters of the Bench: The Hon Mr Justice Supperstone. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
  3. News: Appointment of a High Court Judge . https://web.archive.org/web/20100809045750/http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial-090710-052.htm . . 9 July 2010 . 9 August 2010 . dead .
  4. Web site: 2020-03-31 . High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Michael Alan Supperstone . 2022-04-23 . Judiciary UK.
  5. Web site: About: History. 11 King's Bench Walk.
  6. News: Construction firms apologise in court over blacklist. The Guardian. 11 May 2016 . Rob. Evans.
  7. News: Protests in High Court as three-year blacklisting case ends. Building. 11 May 2016.