# Kim Lewison

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The Right Honourable Lord Justice Lewison Lord Justice of Appeal Incumbent Assumed office 4 October 2011 Monarchs Elizabeth II Charles III High Court judge Chancery Division In office 29 April 2003 – 3 October 2011 Personal details Born Kim Martin Jordan Lewison (1952-05-01) 1 May 1952 (age 74) Alma mater Downing College, Cambridge Occupation Barrister, judge Profession Lawyer

**Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison**, [PC](/source/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)) (born 1 May 1952), styled **The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewison**, is a [Lord Justice of Appeal](/source/Lord_Justice_of_Appeal). He is a graduate of [Downing College, Cambridge](/source/Downing_College%2C_Cambridge), where he is an [honorary Fellow](/source/Honorary_Fellow).[1]

## Early life and education

Lewison was born on 1 May 1952 to Anthony Frederick Lewison and [Dinora Lewison](/source/Dinora_Pines) (née Pines).[2][3] He was educated at [St Paul's School](/source/St_Paul's_School%2C_London), an all-boys [private school](/source/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom) in [London](/source/London).[3] He studied at [Downing College, Cambridge](/source/Downing_College%2C_Cambridge).[3]

## Legal career

Lewison was [called to the bar](/source/Called_to_the_bar) ([Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn)) in 1975 and has been a Bencher since 2003. He became a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) 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 [High Court of Justice](/source/High_Court_of_Justice) on 29 April 2003[4] and assigned to the [Chancery Division](/source/High_Court_of_Justice#Chancery_Division), receiving the customary [knighthood](/source/Knight_bachelor).

The following year, he was appointed to the [Competition Appeal Tribunal](/source/Competition_Appeal_Tribunal). Lewison served as Chancery Supervising Judge from 2007 to 2009. On 3 October 2011, he was appointed a [Lord Justice of Appeal](/source/Lord_Justice_of_Appeal),[5] and received the customary appointment to the [Privy Council](/source/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Rt Hon the Lord Justice Lewison Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160401023308/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/32899/Kim-Martin-Jordan-Lewison-LEWISON). *www.debretts.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/32899/Kim-Martin-Jordan-Lewison-LEWISON) on 1 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Senior Judiciary"](http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list). www.judiciary.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2011.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Who's_Who_2017_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Who's_Who_2017_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Who's_Who_2017_3-2) ["LEWISON, Rt Hon. Sir Kim (Martin Jordan)"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24496). *Who's Who 2017*. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 56924"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56924/page/5453). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 2 May 2003. p. 5453.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["No. 59931"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59931/page/19091). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 6 October 2011. p. 19091.

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