Peregrine Simon
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Sir Peregrine Simon | |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office October 2015 – June 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1950 |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Law |
Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon PC (born 20 June 1950),[1] is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal.[2]
He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple in 1973. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1991; as a Bencher in 1999 and Recorder in 1998.[3]
He was knighted in 2002 on his appointment as a High Court judge (assigned to the Queen's Bench Division). He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2015 and upon this appointment he was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. This gave him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life. He retired on 21 June 2020.[4]