Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison, PC (born 1 May 1952) is a Lord Justice of Appeal. He is a graduate of Downing College, Cambridge, where he is an

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Early life and education

Lewison was born on 1 May 1952 to Anthony Frederick Lewison and Dinora Lewison (née Pines). He was educated at St Paul's School, an all-boys independent school in

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. He studied at Downing College, Cambridge.

Legal career

Lewison was called to the bar ( Lincoln's Inn) in 1975 and has been a Bencher since 2003. He became a

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in 1991. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1994 and a Recorder in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. He was appointed to the

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on 29 April 2003 and assigned to the

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, receiving the customary

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. The following year, he was appointed to the

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. Lewison served as Chancery Supervising Judge from 2007 to 2009. On 3 October 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.

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