Jonathan Parker

Sir Jonathan was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, the son of Sir Edmund Parker CBE (1908–1981) and Elizabeth Mary Butterfield (died 1984). His father was a distinguished accountant who was senior partner of Price Waterhouse & Co. and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 1967–68.[3] He was educated at Winchester College and then Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1]

He was called to the Bar in 1962. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1979. He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1985, and served as head of chambers at 11 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn.

He became a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 1991 when he received the customary knighthood. He then became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2000, whereupon he was appointed to the Privy Council in the usual way. He retired from the bench in 2007.[4]

He also served as the Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1989 to 1991 and as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1994 to 1998.[4]

As a Lord Justice of Appeal and as a judge at first instance, Sir Jonathan Parker was involved a number of important judicial decisions, including:

• In Plus Group Ltd v Pyke [2002] EWCA Civ 370
• Kaur v MG Rover Group Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 1507
• Re Barings plc (No 5) [1999] 1 BCLC 433 (High Court)
• Oldham v Kyrris [2003] EWCA Civ 1506
• Green v Lord Somerleyton [2003] EWCA Civ 198
• Murad v Al-Saraj [2005] EWCA Civ 959
• Regentcrest plc v Cohen [2001] 2 BCLC 80
• Rock (Nominees) Ltd v RCO Holdings Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 118
• Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424
• Royal Trust Bank v National Westminster Bank plc (High Court)
• Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd [1989] 1 WLR 1340 (Court of Appeal)
• Re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2004] EWCA Civ 670 (Court of Appeal)

Sir Jonathan is married to Maria-Belen Burns, daughter of publisher Thomas Ferrier Burns OBE. He and Lady Parker have three sons: James (born 1968), Oliver (born 1969), and Peter (born 1971), and a daughter, Clare (born 1972).[1]