Sir Stanley Jeffrey Burnton (born 25 October 1942) is a British lawyer and former Lord Justice of Appeal.
[1] Burnton was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1965 and was made a Bencher in 1991.
[2] Burnton was appointed a High Court judge on 19 July 2000,[3] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.
He was promoted, being named a Lord Justice of Appeal on 21 April 2008.
[6] Burnton is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.