Ben Stephens

William Benjamin Synge Stephens, Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare, PC (born 28 December 1954) is a British judge who serves as a Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and previously served as a Lord Justice of Appeal on the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.

Early life and education He was educated at independent Swanbourne House School and Campbell College. He attended the University of Manchester and graduated with a first-class LLB. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland in September 2017. As an Appeal Court Judge he was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2017.

On the 1 October 2020 he become a Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, following the retirement of Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore. On assuming office, he took the judicial courtesy title of Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare. In 2022, he and Lord Hamblen of Kersey gave the ruling in ZXC v Bloomberg that individuals investigated by police have a reasonable expectation of privacy not to be named in the media unless charged with an offence.

Personal life He married Nicola Gladys Skrine in 1982, with whom he has one son and one daughter.