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The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
Lord Justice of Appeal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2020
Monarchs	Elizabeth II; Charles III
High Court Judge; Queen's Bench Division
	In office; 2 October 2012 – 30 September 2020
Personal details
Born	Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith; 18 January 1955 (age 69)
Spouse	Hon. Arabella Montgomery
Children	5
Parent	Sir Murray Stuart-Smith (father);
Education	Radley College
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation	Judge

Sir Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith (born 18 January 1955), styled the Rt Hon Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, is an English judge who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2020.

Origins and education

He is the son of Sir Murray Stuart-Smith (a former Lord Justice of Appeal) and Joan, the daughter of Major Thomas Motion. He was educated at Radley College and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.^[1]

Legal career

Stuart-Smith was called to the Bar in 1978 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997.^[2] He was appointed a High Court judge with effect from 2 October 2012, being assigned by the Lord Chief Justice to the Queen’s Bench Division.^[3] He was consequentially knighted in the 2013 Special Honours.^[4] He was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2020.

He is the co-author, with Professor Robert Merkin, of a textbook on the law of motor insurance.^[5]

Personal life

Stuart-Smith married on 25 September 1982 Hon. Arabella Montgomery, the daughter of David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. They had five children:^[6]

Emma Stuart-Smith (born 6 October 1984)
Laura Stuart-Smith (1986–1987)
Edward Murray Stuart-Smith (born 6 May 1988)
Samuel Nicholas Stuart-Smith (born 6 December 1990)
Luke David Stuart-Smith (born 19 January 1993)

He is a keen player of the French horn.^[7]

References

^ "Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith QC". Corpus Christi College. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "No. 54736". The London Gazette. 15 April 1997. p. 4476.
^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge – Stuart-Smith" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
^ Merkin and Stuart-Smith, The Law of Motor Insurance (Sweet & Maxwell Ltd, 2004).
^ "Montgomery of Alamein", Burke’s Peerage.
^ "Tulkinghorn: Horns of Plenty". The Lawyer. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2012.