Timothy Kerr Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Mr Justice Kerr
Office:High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Term Start:2015
Birth Date:15 February 1958
Alma Mater:Magdalen College, Oxford
Father:Michael Kerr

Sir Timothy Julian Kerr (born 15 February 1958), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Kerr, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.[1]

The son of Sir Michael Kerr, a German-born lord justice of appeal, Kerr was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1983, becoming a Bencher in 2015. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2001, and a Recorder from 2008.[2] He sat as part time chairman of employment tribunals from 2001 to 2006. He also sat on various sports tribunals.

Kerr was appointed a Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench Division) on 4 June 2015, on the retirement of Mr Justice Eder. He received the customary knighthood in November of that year.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Senior judiciary. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  2. Web site: Appointment of a High Court Judge: Kerr. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  3. Web site: Honours and awards. London Gazette. 31 August 2018.