Philip Sales, Lord Sales
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| office = Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
| term_start = 11 January 2019
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| nominator = David Gauke
| appointer = Elizabeth II
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| term_end2 = 2019
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Philip James Sales, Lord Sales, PC (born 11 February 1962) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He took office on 14 January 2019.
Early life
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Churchill College, Cambridge (BA, 1983), and Worcester College, Oxford (BCL, 1984).{{Who's Who|id=245490|title=Sales, Rt Hon. Lord}}
Career
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1985. In 1997, he was appointed First Junior Treasury Counsel ("Treasury Devil"), a private practitioner barrister who represents the UK government in the civil courts.{{cite book|last1=Seldon|first1=Anthony|title=Blair's Britain, 1997–2007|date=20 September 2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139468985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpR-fJ6sdnwC&pg=PA2006-IA13|language=en}} This caused "consternation" among senior lawyers, according to The Times, due to his young age.{{cite book|last1=Abel|first1=Richard L.|title=English Lawyers Between Market and State: The Politics of Professionalism|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198260332|page=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRL5qDi-KBMC&pg=PA146|language=en}}
Sales was a practising barrister at 11 King's Bench Walk. At the time of the appointment, there was debate over Sales' appointment. According to The Guardian, an anonymous source referred to 11KBW as a "network of old boys and cronies", and that there was "no coincidence that the appointment came from Lord Irvine's and Tony Blair's old chambers".{{cite news|last1=Barnett|first1=Antony|last2=Editor|first2=Public Affairs|title=Job for Irvine friend fuels row over 'Tony's cronies'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/jun/06/uk.politicalnews1|work=The Guardian|date=5 June 1999}} Acting as a barrister Sales defended the New Labour government's decision against holding a public inquiry into the Iraq War in the High Court in 2005.{{cite news|last1=Teher|first1=Abul|title=Treasury QC gets £3m in fees – and we foot the bill|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/treasury-qc-gets-3m-in-fees-and-we-foot-the-bill-6746388.html|work=London Evening Standard|date=13 October 2009}}
He was made a QC in 2006, deputy judge of the High Court from 2004 to 2008, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2008. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from July 2014.
In 2016, Sales, as a member of the Court of Appeal ruled on 12 August 2016 that 130,000 Labour members who joined the party after 12 January 2016 would not be able to vote in the leadership contest, which over-ruled the previous High Court decision to allow the 130,000 disenfranchised Labour Party members to vote in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Matt|title=Labour Appeal: Fury as Appeal Court Judge Philip Sales' intimate links to Tony Blair revealed|url=http://evolvepolitics.com/labour-appeal-fury-as-high-court-judge-philip-sales-intimate-links-to-tony-blair-revealed/|work=Evolve Politics|date=12 August 2016}}[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-can-ban-130000-members-from-voting-in-leadership-contest-rules-court-of-appeal_uk_57add3c1e4b01f97d8f29e87 "Labour CAN Ban 130,000 Members From Voting In Leadership Contest, Rules Court of Appeal"]. The Huffington Post. 12 August 2016. Retrieved on 13 August 2016.Stewart, Heather; Syal, Rajeev; Quinn, Ben (12 July 2016). [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/jeremy-corbyn-must-be-on-labour-leadership-ballot-paper-party-rules-nec "Labour executive rules Jeremy Corbyn must be on leadership ballot"]. Retrieved on 13 August 2016, The Guardian.
In October 2016 Sales was one of the three judges forming the divisional court of the High Court in proceedings concerning the use of the royal prerogative for the issue of notification in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. His role in this judgment meant that he appeared in an infamous front-cover of the Daily Mail (Enemies of the People).
= Supreme Court =
Lord Justice Sales was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 11 January 2019,{{Cite news|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|date=28 June 2018|title=UK supreme court to get third female justice|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jun/28/uk-supreme-court-to-get-third-female-justice|access-date=5 April 2021}} taking the judicial courtesy title of Lord Sales.
Personal life
Sales married Miranda Wolpert in 1988; they have a son and a daughter.
Arms
{{Infobox COA wide |image=Sir Philip James Sales Achievement.png
|escutcheon = Per chevron Or and Azure in chief two stacks of three closed books Argent bound Azure garnished and in base three bees one and two volant Or.
|crest = Statant upon a balance Sable the pans Or an owl guardant also Or beaked and legged Gules holding in the dexter foot a sprig of oak Vert fructed Or.
|motto=Semper Perstat Sales {{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/baz_manning/22259409736/in/album-72157659963928316/ |title= Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ec5 Sales P(relettered) |date= 18 May 2015 |access-date=22 November 2020 |publisher=Baz Manning}}}}
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