Clare Montgomery

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Clare Montgomery QC (born 29 April 1958) is a barrister at Matrix Chambers, recorder of the Crown Court and deputy High Court judge. She sits on the Court of Appeal of Jersey.

Early life and education[]

She studied at Millfield School and University College London. She is married and has two daughters.

Legal career[]

Montgomery was called to the Bar in 1980 and was made Queen's Counsel in 1996.^[1]

She undertook pupillage at 2 Gray's Inn Square with Peter Leighton, Keith Knight and Charles Welchman. She received a Senior Award from Gray's Inn (1980) and became a Master of the Bench in 2002.

Judicial career[]

Montgomery was appointed as an Assistant Recorder (1999), a Recorder (2000), a deputy High Court Judge (2003) and to the Court of Appeal of Jersey.

Publications[]

• Editor with Professor David Ormerod of Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure (OUP 2008)
• Practitioner editor of chapter on commerce, financial markets and insolvency in Archbold Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice (since 1993)
• Co-authored The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance 2nd Ed (OUP 2007)
• 'Forensic science in the trial of Sally Clark' (2004) article in Med Sci LJ

References[]

External links[]

• Clare Montgomery QC Matrix Chambers Profile (Matrix Chambers)