Sir Christopher Simon Courtenay Stephenson Clarke (born 14 March 1947) was a British judge of the

Court of Appeal of England and Wales The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to ...

from 2013 to 2017. He was educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

and

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of ...

.‘CLARKE, Rt Hon. Sir Christopher (Simon Courtenay Stephenson)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 He was called to the bar at

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...

in 1969, and served as a judge of the

High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (Englan ...

(Queen's Bench Division) from 2005 to 2013. He has been a judge of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved since 2015.

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1947 births Living people People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple Queen's Bench Division judges Lords Justices of Appeal Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{UK-law-bio-stub