Sir Maurice Ralph Kay PC (born 6 December 1942)[1] is a retired member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Kay was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School in Manchester and the University of Sheffield Kay was called to the Bar in 1975 (Gray's Inn) and was elected a bencher in 1995.
He was appointed to the High Court on 17 January 1995, receiving the customary knighthood.
He was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, serving on the Employment Appeal Tribunal from June 1995.
On 14 January 2004, Kay became a Lord Justice of Appeal, and was appointed to the Privy Council on 11 February of that year.