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'''Robert Walker''' (Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe) is a crossbench peer in the [[House of Lords]], having joined on the 1 October 2002.

==Career==
Walker is a former high ranking judge, having been appointed as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2002 and Justice of Supreme Court of the UK in 2009. He retired from the British courts in 2013.<ref name="parl"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-walker-of-gestingthorpe/2199 Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe] ''Parliament.UK'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>

===Hong Kong===
*Non-permanent Judge, [[Court of Final Appeal]], Hong Kong.<ref name="parl"/> He told the ''Wall Street Journal'', "I hold this office under arrangements negotiated between the governments of the UK and the People’s Republic of China prior to the handover in 1997," and that "Many observers consider that these arrangements make some contribution to the maintenance of the rule of law in Hong Kong."<ref> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ Politics and Business in the House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', accessed 14 January 2015 </ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Select Committee]] - Chair <ref>[Dods People, https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/latest-moves-civil-service-public-affairs-%E2%80%93-may-6, 'Arrivals, moves and departures'], ''Civil Service World'', 6 May 2016, accessed 9 May 2016</ref>

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