Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe

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The Right Honourable

The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe

GBS PC
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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
In office
1 October 2009 – 17 March 2013
Nominated byJack Straw
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byLord Toulson
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
1 October 2002 – 30 September 2009
Preceded byThe Lord Slynn of Hadley
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
1997–2002
High Court Judge
In office
1994–1997
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
Assumed office
1 March 2009
Appointed byDonald Tsang
Personal details
Born
Robert Walker

(1938-03-17) 17 March 1938 (age 83)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Suzanne Diana Leggi
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(m. 1962)​
ResidenceLondon and Essex
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationJudge
ProfessionBarrister
Chinese name
Chinese華學佳

Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, GBS, PC (born 17 March 1938) is an English barrister and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He also serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.[1]

He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher until his retirement from the House on 17 March 2021.[2]

Early life and non-judicial career[]

Born on 17 March 1938, the son of Ronald Robert Antony Walker by his wife Mary Helen, Walker was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1960 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.

In 2010 he was the treasurer of Lincoln's Inn.

Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe has served on the Honorary Editorial Board of the Warwick Student Law Review since its inception in 2010.

Judicial career[]

In 1994, Walker was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division, and as is customary was then made a Knight Bachelor, before serving as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1997. He succeeded Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2002 and was created a Life Peer as Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, of Gestingthorpe in the County of Essex.[3][4] He and nine other Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009.

Personal life[]

Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe married Suzanne Diana Leggi in 1962. They have one son (Robert, born 1963) and three daughters (Penelope Mary, born 1966; Julian Diana, born 1968; and Henrietta Solveig, born 1972).

Notable judgments[]

Arms[]

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Motto
Mentem Mortalia Tangunt [5]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ List of Judges and Judicial Officers (Position as at 1 September 2010)
  2. ^ {{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/2199/career%7Ctitle=Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament|accessdate=18 March 2021}}
  3. ^ "No. 56712". The London Gazette. 4 October 2002. p. 11976.
  4. ^ House of Lords (8 October 2002). "Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords". minutes of proceedings. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  5. ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ed28 Walker". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
Legal offices
Preceded by
None 		Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
2009–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal 		Hong Kong order of precedence
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal 		Succeeded by
The Lord Collins of Mapesbury
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
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