Timothy Kerr


Sir Timothy Julian Kerr, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Kerr, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
The son of Sir Michael Kerr, a German-born High Court judge, Kerr was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1983, becoming a Bencher in 2015. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2001, and a Recorder from 2008. He sat as part time chairman of employment tribunals from 2001 to 2006. He also sat on various sports tribunals.
Kerr was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 4 June 2015, on the retirement of Mr Justice Eder. He received the customary knighthood in November of that year.