The Lord Bellamy | |
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.jpg) Bellamy in 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
| In office 7 June 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss[1] Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 14 June 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1946-04-25)25 April 1946 (age 79) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Education | Tonbridge School |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Christopher William Bellamy, Baron Bellamy,KC (born 25 April 1946), is a Britishbarrister and formerjudge.
Born on 25 April 1946, Bellamy's father was aphysician. Bellamy attended the independentTonbridge School and thenBrasenose College, Oxford.[2]
He is a member of theAthenaeum andGarrick clubs.[3]
Bellamy wascalled to the bar at theMiddle Temple in 1968. He spent a year teaching before starting to practise as abarrister in 1970,[2] when he joined Monckton Chambers. He developed specialisms in European, competition and regulatory law, and in 1986 was appointedQueen's Counsel.[4]
Between 1992 and 1999, Bellamy was a judge of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.[4] He then served as a judge on the Employment Appeal Tribunal between 2000 and 2007,[2] and as president of the United Kingdom's Competition Appeal Tribunals for the Competition Commission (between 1999 and 2003) and then of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (from 2003 to 2007).[2][4]
After leaving the judiciary in 2007, Bellamy became a seniorconsultant atLinklaters, where he was appointed chairman of its Global Competition Practice in 2011.[5] He left Linklaters in 2020 and resumed practising as a barrister at Monckton Chambers.[4]
Bellamy was elevated to the peerage asBaron Bellamy in the2022 Special Honours.[6]
On 7 June 2022, Bellamy was appointedParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in theMinistry of Justice, replacingDavid Wolfson.[7] Aged 76, he became the oldest minister in theGovernment. He was reappointed byLiz Truss and byRishi Sunak.[8]
Bellamy was abencher of the Middle Temple in 1994.[2] He wasknighted in the2000 New Year Honours.[9] On14 June 2022, to facilitate his ministerial role, he was created Baron Bellamy, of Waddesdon in the County of Buckinghamshire, for life, and was introduced to the House of Lords the same day, supported byBaroness Scott of Bybrook andLord Anderson of Ipswich.[citation needed]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice 2022–2024 | Succeeded by |
| Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Gentlemen Baron Bellamy | Followed by |