Sir Kenneth Blades Parker (born 20 November 1945), formally styled The Hon. Mr Justice Kenneth Parker, is a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He was educated at

Kettering Grammar School Kettering Grammar School was a boys' grammar school (selective) that had a number of homes in Kettering, Northamptonshire throughout its history. History The school was based in a building in Gold Street which, together with the master's house, ...

and

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

.‘PARKER, Hon. Sir Kenneth (Blades)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 He was called to the bar at

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

in 1975. He was a judge of the

High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cou ...

(Queen's Bench Division) from 2009 to 2015. In the early 1970s, Sir Kenneth Parker taught law at Oxford. After gaining his BCL, He conducted jurisprudence lectures with his friend and colleague,

Ronald Dworkin Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New Yo ...

. Dworkin was one of the most eminent legal philosophers of the last 100 years, author of '' Taking Rights Seriously'' and ''

Law's Empire ''Law's Empire'' is a 1986 text in legal philosophy by Ronald Dworkin, in which the author continues his criticism of the philosophy of legal positivism as promoted by H.L.A. Hart during the middle to late 20th century. The book introduces Dwork ...

'', amongst other works. During the 1980s and 1990s, Parker was a star corporate barrister a
Monckton Chambers
which he eventually became Head of in 2003, and remained head until 2009 when he was appointed a High Court Judge. One of his notable cases as an advocate was representing the colorful CEO of Nabisco,

F. Ross Johnson Frederick Ross Johnson, OC (December 13, 1931 – December 29, 2016) was a Canadian businessman, best known as the chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco in the 1980s. Early life and education Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 13, 1931, ...

during its leveraged buyout. This story was told in the best-selling book ''

Barbarians at the Gate ''Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco'' is a 1989 book about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco, written by investigative journalism, investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The book is based upon a series of ...

''. As a High Court Judge, Parker adjudicated on many well-known cases. For example
The Bernie Ecclestone tax evasion trial
and the Dale Farm Travellers eviction case. Since retirement, Parker has been working fo
MI6
and

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on international cybersecurity with the Five Eyes Organisation
He also sits on a panel at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
which decides on the legality of large mergers which may affect the public interest.

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