Stephen Tomlinson

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Sir Stephen Tomlinson

| office = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 9 July 2010

| term_end = 10 January 2017

| predecessor =

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wolverhampton, West Midlands

| monarch = Queen Elizabeth II

}}

Sir Stephen Miles Tomlinson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC|KC}} (born 29 March 1952)[http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/keyfacts/list_judiciary/senior_judiciary_list.htm Senior Judiciary List] {{Webarchive|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 |date=2012-08-03 }} is an English barrister and former Lord Justice of Appeal.

Career

Tomlinson born 29 March 1952 to Enoch Tomlinson and Mary Tomlinson (née Miles).{{Cite web|title=Tomlinson, Rt Hon. Sir Stephen (Miles), (born 29 March 1952), a Lord Justice of Appeal, 2010–17|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-37848|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37848|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|access-date=2020-05-26}} He was educated at the King's School, Worcester and Worcester College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1974 (Inner Temple). From 1974 to 1976, he was a lecturer in law at Worcester College.{{Cite web|title=Sir Stephen Tomlinson {{!}} Barrister at 7KBW|url=https://7kbw.co.uk/barrister/sir-stephen-tomlinson/|website=7KBW|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-26}}

Tomlinson became a Queen's Counsel in 1988. Throughout his career as a barrister, he practised at chambers 7 King's Bench Walk. He was head of chambers from 1995 to 2000.

He was appointed a Recorder in 1995 and a Deputy High Court judge in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. On 9 July 2010, Tomlinson became a Lord Justice of Appeal,[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100202183848/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22054 Lord Justice of Appeal Appointment] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council in 2011. He retired from the bench in 2017 and currently works as an arbitrator.