Kim Lewison
{{Short description|British judge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = Lord Justice Lewison
| image = Sir Kim Lewison 2014.jpg
| office = Lord Justice of Appeal
| term_start = 4 October 2011
| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III
| office2 = High Court judge
Chancery Division
| term_start2 = 29 April 2003
| term_end2 = 3 October 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|1|df=y}}
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = Downing College, Cambridge
| occupation = Barrister, judge
| profession = Lawyer
| birth_name = Kim Martin Jordan Lewison
}}
Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison, PC (born 1 May 1952), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewison, is a Lord Justice of Appeal. He is a graduate of Downing College, Cambridge, where he is an honorary Fellow.{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/32899/Kim-Martin-Jordan-Lewison-LEWISON |title=The Rt Hon the Lord Justice Lewison Authorised Biography {{!}} Debrett's People of Today |website=www.debretts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401023308/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/32899/Kim-Martin-Jordan-Lewison-LEWISON |archive-date=2016-04-01}}
Early life and education
Lewison was born on 1 May 1952 to Anthony Frederick Lewison and Dinora Lewison (née Pines).{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |title=Senior Judiciary |publisher=www.judiciary.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803031806/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |archive-date=3 August 2012 }}{{cite web|title=LEWISON, Rt Hon. Sir Kim (Martin Jordan)|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24496|website=Who's Who 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=4 April 2017|date=November 2016}} He was educated at St Paul's School, an all-boys private school in London. He studied at Downing College, Cambridge.
Legal career
Lewison was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1975 and has been a Bencher since 2003. He became a 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 on 29 April 2003{{London Gazette |issue=56924 |page=5453 |date=2 May 2003}} and assigned to the Chancery Division, receiving the customary knighthood.
The following year, he was appointed to the 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,{{London Gazette |issue=59931 |page=19091 |date=6 October 2011}} and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.
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Category:21st-century English judges
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Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Category:Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
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Category:20th-century King's Counsel
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