Spencer Batiste (born 5 June 1945)[1] is a British retired judge and Member of Parliament.
He was articled at Herbert Oppenheimer, Nathan & Vandyk in the City of London (1968–1970) and became a practicing solicitor in 1970 with Branson Bramley of Sheffield until 1986, and then a non-executive board member of DLA (now DLA Piper) until 1995.
He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Geoffrey Pattie at the Department of Trade & Industry, Lord Trefgarne at the Ministry of Defence, and, latterly, for European Commissioner and former Home Secretary Sir Leon Brittan.
Later Batiste became a judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) until his retirement in 2012.
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