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Sir Michael Robert Emanuel Kerr (1 March 1921 – 14 April 2002) was a German-born British jurist, author, lawyer and High Court of Justice judge. He had been told, he said, that he was England's first "foreign-born judge" in 800 years, but he was careful neither to confirm nor to refute that suggestion.
When Michael Robert Emmanuel Kerr became a Queen's Bench Judge, he set a number of eye-catching precedents: first Judge of England & Wales for a millennium not to have been born a subject of the Crown; first Commercial Court Judge to have featured as a character in a best-selling children's book; and first High Court Judge to have been interned ...
Apr 23, 2002 · SIR MICHAEL KERR, who has died aged 81, served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1981 to 1989, having earlier become - as he was always led to believe - England's first foreign-born judge since...
Nov 2, 2020 · As the former appeal judge Sir Michael Kerr once told a young barrister: ‘Remember, when parties agree to arbitration they buy the right to get the wrong answer.’
Michael Kerr was born in Berlin on 1st March 1921; and he died in London on 14th April 2002, aged 81. In England, he was a great advocate, judge and arbitrator; but none of these describe the man.
Jun 3, 2004 · Sir Michael Kerr probably conjures images of just another crusty, dusty, rolled-up piece of judicial carpet, but he has written a witty and pacy book that reveals an extraordinary life.
Mar 2, 2020 · One of the Commercial Court’s most significant judges was Sir Michael Robert Kerr (1921-2002), the first foreign-born judge of England and Wales since Norman times. Born to a Berlin Jewish family which fled Germany in 1933, Sir Michael’s merits existed both inside and outside of the courtroom.
