| The Right Honourable The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe PC |
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| Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2009 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 1 October 2002 – 30 September 2009 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE PC QC |
| Succeeded by | Position eliminated |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 1997–2002 |
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| High Court Judge | |
| In office 1994–1997 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Walker 17 March 1938 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Diana Leggi |
| Residence | London and Essex |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC, QC (born 17 March 1938) is an English barrister and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He also serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.[1]
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Born on 17 March 1938, the son of Ronald Robert Antony Walker by his wife Mary Helen, Walker was educated at Downside School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1960 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.
He is now the Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn, which post was previously held by Elizabeth Appleby.
In 1997, Walker was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division, and as is customary was then made a Knight Bachelor, before serving as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1997. He succeeded Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2002 and was created a Life Peer as Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, of Gestingthorpe in the County of Essex.[2] It had been mooted by some at the time that a woman might have been appointed to this position, two such names in the offing being: Baroness Hale, who was appointed to the subsequent vacancy, and Lady Justice Arden, who remains a Lord Justice of Appeal and whose husband is now a Law Lord (Lord Mance).[3] He and nine other Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009.
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe married Suzanne Diana Leggi in 1962; they have three daughters and one son.
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| Previous: Murray Gleeson Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal |
Hong Kong order of precedence Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal |
Succeeded by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal |
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