Stephen Males


Sir Stephen Martin Males is a British judge who serves as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; as such, he is entitled to the judicial title Rt Hon Lord Justice Males.

Education

Males attended The Skinners' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MA degree in law in 1977.

Legal career

Males was called to the bar in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1999 and was Deputy High Court Judge until his promotion to the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2012, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019, receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, allowing him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for life.