Peregrine Simon Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Peregrine Simon
Office:Lord Justice of Appeal
Term Start:October 2015
Term End:June 2020
Birth Date:1950 6, df=yes
Nationality:British
Occupation:Judge
Profession:Law

Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon (born 20 June 1950),[1] is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal.[2]

Education and career

He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple in 1973. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1991; as a Bencher in 1999 and Recorder in 1998.[3]

He was knighted in 2002 on his appointment as a High Court judge (assigned to the Queen's Bench Division). He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2015 and upon this appointment he was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. This gave him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life. He retired on 21 June 2020.[4]

Family

He is one of the three sons of Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale and his second wife, the former Fay Pearson.[5] [6]

Notable cases

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20130620154417/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-6-20.html . dead . 20 June 2013 . The Telegraph. 19 June 2014. 20 June 2013. the Hon Mr Justice Simon 63 .
  2. Web site: Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon. Debretts. 19 June 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140619011345/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/3558/Peregrine-Charles-Hugo-Simon-SIMON. 19 June 2014. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Baron Simon of Glaisdale . Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (online) . Debretts.com . 9 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Baron Simon of Glaisdale . Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (online) . Debretts.com . 9 July 2024.
  5. News: Roth . Andrew . Lord Simon of Glaisdale. 19 June 2014. The Guardian | Politics | Obituaries . 8 May 2006.
  6. News: Lord Simon of Glaisdale. 19 June 2014. The Telegraph | News | Obituaries . 8 May 2006.
  7. Web site: Barrow v Bankside Members Agency Ltd . Uniset.ca . 2014-06-24.
  8. Web site: Boating Business - NBS to sue Earls Court over dates . www.boatingbusiness.com . 3 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130118170245/http://www.boatingbusiness.com/archive101/2002/june/news/nbs_to_sue_earls_court_over_dates . 18 January 2013 . dead.