Sir Marcus Alexander Smith is a British High Court judge.
Smith was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1988 and a BCL in 1990. He also attended LMU Munich.
In 1998, he married Louise Merrett, with whom he has one son and one daughter.
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1991 and practised commercial and regulatory law from Fountain Court Chambers, where he also completed his pupillage. From 1991 to 1994, he was a lecturer in law at Balliol. In addition to practice, he wrote two textbooks: Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance with Raymond Cox QC and Louise Merrett (2006) and The Law of Assignment with Nico Leslie (2007, 3rd edition 2018).
