Christopher Bellamy, Baron Bellamy
Lord Temporal | |
|---|---|
| Assumed office 14 June 2022 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 April 1946 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Education | Tonbridge School |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Christopher William Bellamy, Baron Bellamy, KC (born 25 April 1946), is a British barrister and former judge.
Early and personal life
Born on 25 April 1946, Bellamy's father was a physician. Bellamy attended the independent Tonbridge School and then Brasenose College, Oxford.[2]
He is a member of the Athenaeum and Garrick clubs.[3]
Career
Bellamy was
Between 1992 and 1999, Bellamy was a judge of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.[4] He then served as a judge on the Employment Appeal Tribunal between 2000 and 2007,[2] and as president of the United Kingdom's Competition Appeal Tribunals for the Competition Commission (between 1999 and 2003) and then of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (from 2003 to 2007).[2][4]
After leaving the judiciary in 2007, Bellamy became a senior consultant at Linklaters, where he was appointed chairman of its Global Competition Practice in 2011.[5] He left Linklaters in 2020 and resumed practising as a barrister at Monckton Chambers.[4]
Bellamy was elevated to the peerage as Baron Bellamy in the 2022 Special Honours.[6]
On 7 June 2022, Bellamy was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in the Ministry of Justice, replacing David Wolfson.[7] Aged 76, he became the oldest minister in the Government.[3] He was reappointed by Liz Truss and by Rishi Sunak.[8]
Honours
Bellamy was a
References
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Bellamy, Sir Christopher (William)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2020). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ a b Dyer, Henry [@Direthoughts] (7 June 2022). "Fresh blood to reinvigorate Johnson's premiership, with former judge and Athenaeum/Garrick man Sir Christopher Bellamy QC made a life peer and a junior justice minister. Believe with his 25 April 1946 birthdate he is now the oldest minister in the government by about 3.5 years" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d "Sir Christopher Bellamy QC", Monckton Chambers. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- The Legal 500. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Lord Bellamy". Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Sir Christopher Bellamy QC". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1999 (issue no. 55710), p. 2.