Sir Maurice Ralph Kay PC (born 6 December 1942) is a retired member of the

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. Kay was educated at

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in Manchester and the

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Kay was

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in 1975 (

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) and was elected a

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in 1995. He became a

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and was appointed a Recorder in 1988. He was appointed to the High Court on 17 January 1995, receiving the customary

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. He was assigned to the

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, serving on the

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from June 1995. He was Presiding Judge of the Chester Circuit from 1996 to 1999, and was appointed Judge in Charge of the Administrative Court in 2002. On 14 January 2004, Kay became a

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, and was appointed to the Privy Council on 11 February of that year. He served as President of the Judicial Studies Board from July 2007 to July 2010, and began a three-year term as Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on 6 May 2010. Kay is an honorary fellow of

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1942 births English King's Counsel Living people Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor Fellows of Robinson College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Sheffield {{UK-law-bio-stub

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