Sir Stephen Robert Silber (born 26 March 1944) is a retired British judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Silber was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1968 and made a bencher in 1994. In 1987, he became a Queen's Counsel and in the same year appointed a Recorder, qualifying as a Deputy High Court judge from 1995 to 1999. He was a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Studies Board (now the Judicial College) and a member of the Law Commission from 1994 to 1999.[1] On 3 December 1999, he was appointed to the High Court of England and Wales, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[2] Since 2004, he has served as a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He has an MPhil from Oxford University, where he is an Honorary Fellow.

References

  1. ↑ "The Hon Mr Justice Silber". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "No. 55689". The London Gazette. 8 December 1999. p. 13045.


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