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Sir Peter Winston Smith (born 1 May 1952), styled The Hon Mr Justice Peter Smith, is a Judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, appointed to that office on 15 April 2002 and assigned to the Chancery Division.〔(List of the Senior Judiciary ), Judiciary of England and Wales〕 His name is correctly abbreviated in English legal writing as "Peter Smith J," and not as "Smith J," because there are other senior judges also named Smith. He has presided over several prominent cases, including a suit between boxer Lennox Lewis and his promoter Panos Eliades, as well as a copyright case involving the novel ''The Da Vinci Code''. In the latter case, he rejected a claim by authors of ''The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'' that Dan Brown had violated copyright by copying major themes from their work. More recently, Smith presided over a huge claim by the Attorney General of Zambia for recovery of the proceeds of fraud.〔, England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions〕 He was also involved in the early stages of the £100m Chelsea Barracks development, before being replaced at the last minute before the case came to trial. In 2008 he was reprimanded by the Lord Chief Justice for his misconduct in the "Addleshaw Goddard matter". == Biography == Smith was born in Taiping, Malaysia to George Arthur Smith and Iris Muriel Smith, while his father was posted abroad. He grew up with five siblings in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, and attended grammar school in nearby Bridlington. He read law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. After receiving a BA degree in 1974 and an MA degree in 1976, Smith briefly practised in Liverpool before becoming a law lecturer at Manchester University from 1977-1983. Smith practised as a barrister on the Northern Circuit from 1979–2002, being an Assistant Recorder from 1994–97, a Deputy High Court Judge from 1996–2002, and a Recorder from 1997-2002. Upon his elevation to the High Court bench in 2002, Sir Peter was knighted as a matter of course.〔http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2572〕 In 2003 he was voted most unpopular chancery judge in a survey by Legal Business magazine. In 1980, Smith married Diane Dalgleish. They have one son and two daughters. Smith is a member of the Titanic Historical Society and the British Titanic Society. Other hobbies include being a "Jackie Fisher fan", reading military history, and football. He currently resides in London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Smith (judge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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