Sir Mark Arthur Wall (born 4 March 1963), styled The Honourable Mr Justice Wall, is a British High Court judge.

Early life and education

Wall was born in

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, England and grew up in

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. He was educated at

King Charles I School King Charles I School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Present day and Ofsted King Charles I School is a specialist science college, and renewed its specialist st ...

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and completed a BA at

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in 1984.

Legal career

Wall was

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in 1985 and developed a practice in criminal law based at Citadel Chambers. He was appointed a

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in 2002,

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in 2006, and was leader of the Midland circuit from 2011 to 2014. He was a member of the Bar Council from 2008 to 2014. In 2013, Wall was appointed a deputy High Court judge in the

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and was appointed a circuit judge a year later. On 1 October 2020, Wall was appointed a judge of the High Court, following the promotion of Sir Richard Arnold to the

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, and he was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division (now King's Bench Division). He received the customary

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in the same year.

Marriage and children

In 1987, Wall married Carmel Adler (a circuit judge). They have a son and a daughter.

References

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Early life and education

Legal career

Marriage and children

See also

References