Sir Jonathan Frederic Parker (born 8 December 1937) is a retired British Lord Justice of Appeal.

Education

Sir Jonathan was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, the son of Sir Edmund Parker (1908–1981) and Elizabeth Mary Butterfield (died 1984). His father was a distinguished accountant who was senior partner of Price Waterhouse & Co. and president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales from 1967–68. He was educated at

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and then Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Career

He was called to the Bar in 1962. He was appointed as

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in 1979. He became a Bencher of the

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in 1985, and served as head of chambers at 11 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn. He became a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 1991 when he received the customary knighthood. He then became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2000, whereupon he was appointed to the Privy Council in the usual way. He retired from the bench in 2007. He also served as the

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from 1989 to 1991 and as

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from 1994 to 1998.

Judicial decisions

As a Lord Justice of Appeal and as a judge at first instance, Sir Jonathan Parker was involved a number of important judicial decisions, including: * '' In Plus Group Ltd v Pyke'' 002EWCA Civ 370 * '' Kaur v MG Rover Group Ltd''

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EWCA Civ 1507 * ''

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'' 003EWCA Civ 1506 * '' Green v Lord Somerleyton'' 003EWCA Civ 198 * '' Murad v Al-Saraj''

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EWCA Civ 670 (Court of Appeal)

Personal life

Sir Jonathan is married to Maria-Belen Burns, daughter of publisher Thomas Ferrier Burns . He and Lady Parker have three sons: James (born 1968), Oliver (born 1969), and Peter (born 1971), and a daughter, Clare (born 1972).

References

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