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The Hon. Mr Justice Supperstone
High Court Judge
Assumed office
2010
Personal details
Born
Michael Alan Supperstone

(1950-03-30) 30 March 1950 (age 74)
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford

Sir Michael Alan Supperstone (born 30 March 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Supperstone, is a 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.[3] He received the customary knighthood on appointment.[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]

Bibliography

  • Supperstone, Michael; Goudie, James; Walker, Paul (1992). Judicial Review (1st ed.). Butterworths. ISBN 9780406102607.
  • Supperstone, Michael; Knapman, Lynne, eds. (2008). Administrative Court Practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199217083.

References

  1. ^ 'SUPPERSTONE, Hon. Sir Michael (Alan)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. ^ "Masters of the Bench: The Hon Mr Justice Supperstone". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
  3. ^ "No. 59491". The London Gazette. 19 July 2010. p. 13713.
  4. ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge". Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom). 9 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010.
  5. ^ "About: History". 11 King's Bench Walk.
  6. ^ Evans, Rob (11 May 2016). "Construction firms apologise in court over blacklist". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Protests in High Court as three-year blacklisting case ends". Building. 11 May 2016.