Jonathan Sumption

Jonathan Sumption

Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, OBE, QC (born 9 December 1948) is an eminent UK barrister and medieval historian.

He is famous for his appearance in the Hutton Inquiry on the UK government's behalf [ [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,,1050053,00.html Ministers 'did nothing wrong' in revealing identity of Dr Kelly, The Guardian, 26 September 2003] ] , for his part in the Three Rivers case [ [http://www.hrothgar.co.uk/WebCases/hol/reports/00/49.htm House of Lords Judgments - Three Rivers District Council and Others (Original Appellants and Cross-Respondents) v. Governor and Company of The Bank of England (Original Respondents and Cross-Appellants), 18 May 2000] ] and his representation of former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers and the UK Department for Transport in the Railtrack private shareholders' action against the British Government in 2005.

As an historian his works include a substantial chronological history of the Hundred Years' War, so far in two volumes with a third volume due for publication in 2009.

Education

Sumption was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated from Oxford University in 1970, receiving a B.A. degree in History with first class honours. [ [http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/barristercvpdf.asp?barr_cv_id=9 Curriculum Vitae of Jonathan Sumption QC, Brick Court Chambers website] ]

Early career

He worked in History as a Fellow of Magdalen College, before leaving to pursue law. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1975 and has since pursued a successful legal practice in commercial law. In the late 1970s Sumption wrote regularly for the Sunday Telegraph.

Later career

He became a Queen's Counsel in 1986, and a Bencher at Inner Temple in 1991. He acted in the landmark Three Rivers versus Bank of England case involving the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He is a deputy High Court judge in the Chancery Division, and a judge of the Jersey and Guernsey Court of Appeal.

He is a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission, as a representative of the legal profession, and is also a Governor of the Royal Academy of Music

He is joint head of [http://www.BrickCourtChambers.co.uk Brick Court Chambers] ,the UK's largest set by revenue [http://www.thelawyer.com/uk100/2005/bar/1-brick_court_chambers.html The Lawyer.com ~UK 100 Annual Report, 24 May 2008] ] .

On 30 November 2007 he was successful, acting as a litigant in person before Mr Justice Collins, in a judicial review application in the Administrative Court concerning development near his home in Greenwich [ [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2007/2776.html England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions, 30 November 2007] ] .

Earnings

He has been described by the "Sydney Morning Herald" as "one of the most expensive silks in Britain".Fact|date=May 2008 "The Guardian" describes him as being a member of the million pound club, the elite group of barristers who earn over a million pounds year [ [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1043659,00.html Government calls in top QC, The Guardian 17 September 2003] ] . In a letter to the Guardian in 2001, he compared his "puny £1.6million a year" to the vastly larger amounts that comparable superstars in business, sports and entertainment are paid [ [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1043659,00.html Government calls in top QC, ibid.] ] .

For a four week trial in the UK in 2005 he charged £800,000 plus VAT to represent the UK government in the largest class action in the UK, brought by 49,500 private shareholders of the collapsed national railway infrastructure company Railtrack [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/04/30/cnsilk30.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/04/30/ixcity.html The Telegraph, 30 April 2004] ] . This was probably the case with the highest profile of the year in the UK, and the government had a great deal, in money and reputation, at stake. The case examined some of the actions of the government, especially of former transport secretary Stephen Byers MP. Byers became the only former Cabinet Minister to be cross-examined in the High Court in relation to his actions in modern times. The UK Government won the case, even if many commentators regarded the shareholders as having won the moral argument. Fact|date=September 2007

Historical works

* "Pilgr

* "The Albigensian Crusade" (1978) ISBN 0-571-11064-9
* "Equality" (1979, with Keith Joseph) ISBN 0-7195-3651-0
* "The Hundred Years War I: Trial by Battle" (1991) ISBN 0-571-13895-0
* "The Hundred Years War II: Trial by Fire" (1999) ISBN 0-571-13896-9
* "The Age of Pilgr

* "The Hundred Years War III" (due 2009) ISBN 0-571-13897-7

References

External links

* [http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/members.asp?bar_id=9 Brick Court Chambers information]


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