Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe

Former Justice

Robert Walker, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe became one of the first Justices of the Supreme Court in 2009, having been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2002.

Lord Walker was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1960, he practised at the Chancery Bar from 1961 to 1994, and took silk in 1982.  He served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) from 1994 to 1997, and as Lord Justice of Appeal from 1997 to 2002.

In 2002 he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and became one of the first Justices of the Supreme Court in 2009.

Lord Walker died on 17 November 2023.