Stephen Males

Sir Stephen Martin Males (born 24 November 1955) is a British judge who serves as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; as such, he is entitled to the judicial title Rt Hon Lord Justice Males.

Education

Males attended The Skinners' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MA degree in law in 1977.[1]

Males was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1999 and was Deputy High Court Judge until his promotion to the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2012,[2] receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours.[3] He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019, receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, allowing him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life.[4]

References
  1. "20 Essex St Contacts: Stephen Males QC". Legal500. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Males" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
  4. "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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