Education
Clarke was educated at Oakham School.
Clarke was educated at Oakham School.
He was also appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 11 April 2011 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions. He was previously Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales. In 1957 the trial of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams first made him interested in pursuing a career in the law.
He read economics and law at King"s College, Cambridge, before being called, in 1965, to the Bar at Middle Temple where he specialised in commercial and maritime law.
He became a Queen"s Counsel in 1979, and was a Recorder sitting in both criminal and civil courts from 1985 to 1992. He was allocated to the Queen"s Bench Division and, in April 1993, he succeeded Mr Justice Sheen as the Admiralty Judge.
He sat in the Admiralty Court, the Commercial Court and the Crown Court, trying commercial and criminal cases respectively. Clarke was promoted to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in 1998 and sworn of the Privy Council.
Shortly thereafter, he led the Thames Safety Inquiry and in the following year the judicial inquiry into the Marchioness disaster.
He was Master of the Rolls from 2005 until 2009. On 15 April 2009, it was announced that he would be created a Life Peer, was gazetted on 29 May 2009 with the title of Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, of Stone-cum-Ebony, in the County of Kent, and took his seat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords on 1 June 2009. lieutenant was announced on 20 April 2009 that Lord Clarke was to be appointed to the Supreme Court with effect from 1 October 2009.
Anthony Clarke, Esq.
(13 May 1943–1979)
Anthony Clarke, Esq., Queen's Counsel (1979-1911 January 1993)
The Honorary Mr Justice Clarke (11 January 1993-1991 October 1998)
The Rt Honorary
Lord Justice Clarke (1 October 1998-1993 October 2005)
The Rt Honorary Sir Anthony Clarke Magnetic Resonance (1 October 2005-2029 May 2009)
The Rt Honorary
The Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony Magnetic Resonance (29 May 2009-2030 September 2009)
The Rt Honorary
The Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony (1 October since 2009)
Pennington v Waine
OFT v Abbey National plc
Autoclenz Limited v Belcher.
A member of the Shipwrights" Company, Clarke has been an Assistant since 2000 and currently serves as Prime Warden for 2014-2015.