Marcus Smith (judge)
{{Short description|British judge}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| successor =
| nationality = British
| death_place =
| death_date =
| birth_place = United Kingdom
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|07|01|df=yes}}
| name = Mr Justice Marcus Smith
| term_start = 12 January 2017
| office = Justice of the High Court
| caption = Smith in 2017
| image = Sir Marcus Smith 2017.jpg
| honorific-suffix =
| alma_mater = Balliol College, Oxford
| office2 = Competition Appeals Tribunal
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| termstart2 = 2021
| title2 = President
}}
Sir Marcus Alexander Smith (born 1 July 1967{{Cite web |date=2021-12-01 |title=Smith, Hon. Sir Marcus (Alexander), (born 1 July 1967) |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-250878 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Who's Who (UK) |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u250878|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}) is a British High Court judge.
Personal life and education
Smith was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1988 and a BCL in 1990. He also attended the University of Munich.
In 1998, he married Louise Merrett, with whom he has one son and one daughter.
Career
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1991 and practised commercial and regulatory law from Fountain Court Chambers, where he also completed his pupillage.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Former Fountain Court member Mr Justice Marcus Smith appointed President of CAT |url=https://www.fountaincourt.co.uk/former-fountain-court-member-mr-justice-marcus-smith-appointed-president-of-cat/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Fountain Court Chambers |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2016-12-09 |title=Marcus Smith QC appointed to the High Court |url=https://www.fountaincourt.co.uk/marcus-smith-qc-appointed-high-court/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Fountain Court Chambers |language=en-US}} From 1991 to 1994, he was a lecturer in law at Balliol. In addition to practice, he wrote two textbooks: Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance with Raymond Cox QC and Louise Merrett (2006) and The Law of Assignment with Nico Leslie (2007, 3rd edition 2018).
He was a part-time Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2009{{Cite web |date=2017-06-16 |title=Mr Justice Marcus Smith |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/mr-justice-marcus-smith/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Judiciary UK}} and was appointed King's Counsel in 2010.{{Cite web |title=Crown Office {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-59372-1080505 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}
= High Court appointment =
On 12 January 2017, he was appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to the Chancery Division. He received his customary Knight Bachelor in the same year.{{Cite web |title=CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD {{!}} Honours and Awards {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2914887 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}
He is on the Financial List, the Patents Court, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) and the Administrative Court. From 2019 to 2021, he was the Business and Property Courts Supervising Judge for the Midlands and Western circuit. In November 2021, he was appointed President of the Competition Appeals Tribunal.
On 09 August 2024, he was issued with a reprimand for serious misconduct by the Lady Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor for giving a love letter to a junior member of staff.{{Cite web |title=Statement 4124 |url=https://www.complaints.judicialconduct.gov.uk/disciplinarystatements/Statement4124/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.complaints.judicialconduct.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Michael |title=CAT president reprimanded over 'love letter' |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/cat-president-reprimanded-over-love-letter/5120587.article |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Law Gazette |language=en}}
References
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Category:21st-century English judges
Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn
Category:Chancery Division judges