Stephen Males
Lord Justice Males | |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 2012–2019 | |
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| Born | Stephen Martin Males 24 November 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | The Skinners' School |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Court of Appeal judge |
| Profession | Judge |
Sir Stephen Martin Males (born 24 November 1955), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Males is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Males attended The Skinners' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a MA degree in law in 1977.[1]
Males was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1999 and was a Deputy High Court Judge until his promotion to the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2012,[2] receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours.[3] He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019, receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, allowing him the honorific title "The Right Honourable".[4]
In 2025 he was appointed President of Tribunals for the Church of England under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.[5]
References
- ^ "20 Essex St Contacts: Stephen Males QC". Legal500. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Males" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
- ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Rt Hon Sir Stephen Males to be new President of Tribunals". www.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
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