Sir Michael Alan Supperstone (born 30 March 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Supperstone, is a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He was educated at

St Paul's School, London (''By Faith and By Learning'') , established = , closed = , type = Independent school Public school , religion = Church of England , president = , he ...

, and

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. He was called to the bar at

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in 1973 and became a

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there in 1999. He was made a QC in 1991, deputy judge of the High Court from 1998 to 2010, and judge of the

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(

Queen's Bench Division The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts. It hears appeals on point ...

) since 2010. He received the customary knighthood on appointment. From 2017 he was judge in charge of the

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. On 31 March 2020, he retired from the High Court. Supperstone was a member of the

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. He presided over the long-running case involving The Consulting Association, which admitted

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construction workers over

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activities. The proceedings were brought by the blacklisted workers.

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