Sir Rupert Matthew Jackson, PC (born 7 March 1948) is a retired[1] justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Jackson was educated at Christ's Hospital and Jesus College, Cambridge,[2] of which he is an Honorary Fellow.
In 1999, he was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Justice and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division and was knighted the same year.
[5] He lives in Surrey and is married to Claire, Lady Jackson, a prominent local solicitor, who is head of the Wills, Trusts and Estates department of Howell-Jones LLP.
[9] Many of the resulting reforms were implemented as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) in April 2013.