Clive Lewis (judge)

Sir Clive Buckland Lewis FLSW (born 13 June 1960), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

Lewis in 2020

He was educated at Cwmtawe Community School, Churchill College, Cambridge (BA, 1981) and Dalhousie University (LLM, 1983).

Lewis was a lecturer at the University of East Anglia and at University of Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Selwyn College, before being called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1987. He was appointed a Recorder in 2003 and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge. In 2003, he became a Queen's Counsel.[1] On 13 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge,[2] receiving the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours,[3] and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[4]

He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in October 2020.[5]

In September 2023, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office announced that the lord chief justice had issued a formal warning to Lewis for "rude and hostile" behaviour amounting to "judicial bullying"; Lewis apologised, and committed to change his behaviour.[6]

He is a member of the Athenaeum Club and the Royal Automobile Club.

References
  1. "High Court Appointment – Lewis" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. "No. 60542". The London Gazette. 17 June 2013. p. 11879.
  3. "No. 60791". The London Gazette. 25 February 2014. p. 3889.
  4. Wales, The Learned Society of. "Clive Lewis". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. "Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal". gov.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. Taylor, Diane (30 September 2023). "Senior UK judge given formal warning for 'rude and hostile' behaviour". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.


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