Stephen Phillips (judge)

Sir Stephen Edmund Phillips (born 10 October 1961), styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stephen Phillips, is a judge of the Court of Appeal having previously served as a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Phillips
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Justice of the High Court
In office 2013–2020
Personal details
Born	(1961-10-10) 10 October 1961 (age 63)
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

He was educated at The King's School, Chester, and University College, Oxford.^[1]

He was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1984 and became a bencher there in 2006. He was made a QC in 2002, served as a deputy judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2013, and was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) in 2013, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours.^[2] He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 13 January 2020 and sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.