Lord Sumption
About NPJ Lord Sumption
Lord Sumption (Non-Permanent Judge) has been involved in 7 judgments in the HK Case Law database, spanning December 2020 to August 2023. These cases are from the Court of Final Appeal (7 cases).
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption, (born 9 December 1948), is a British author, medieval historian, barrister and former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018 and on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal between 2019 and 2024. Judgments involving Lord Sumption have been cited 131 times in subsequent decisions according to HKLII noteup data. The most cited case is [2021] HKCFA 37 with 97 noteup citations.
Education
- 🎓 hold a peerage title, are accorded the style of "lord" for life)
- 🎓 bar at the Inner Temple in 1975, he then pursued a successful legal practice in commercial law
- 🎓 College, where at 15 he was at the bottom of his class
- 🎓 College, Oxford, from 1967 to 1970, graduating with a first
- 🎓 College, teaching and writing books on medieval history from 1971 to 1975 before leaving to pursue a career in law
- 🎓 Inner Temple in 1991
How many cases has Lord Sumption been involved in?
Lord Sumption has been involved in 7 published judgments from December 2020 to August 2023. Cases span the Court of Final Appeal (7 cases). Lord Sumption holds the designation of Non-Permanent Judge.
What types of cases does Lord Sumption typically handle?
Based on 7 published judgments, Lord Sumption's cases most frequently involve Basic Law (2 cases) and Bill of Rights as well as under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (1 cases).
How influential is Lord Sumption as a Hong Kong judge?
Judgments involving Lord Sumption have been cited 131 times in subsequent decisions. The most cited case is [2021] HKCFA 37 with 97 noteup citations. Based on 7 published judgments.