Martin Chamberlain

Sir Martin Daniel Chamberlain (born 25 November 1973) is a British High Court judge.

Early life end education Chamberlain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh. He studied at University College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1994. In 1994, he attended City University of London and completed a graduate diploma in law, then returned to University College and completed the BCL in 1996. He was an Eldon Scholar in 1997.

In an interview in The Times, he called for the UK to adopt an equivalent of the United States' First Amendment, saying the European Convention of Human Rights as included in UK law was too weak. He also served as chair of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association. He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016.

High Court appointment On 1 October 2019, Chamberlain was appointed a judge of the High Court at the age of 45 and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He received the customary knighthood in the same year. He has participated regularly in the preparation of the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide.

Personal life In 2001, he married Samantha Broadfoot (a recorder and fellow KC), with whom he has a son and two daughters.