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Who is Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the top judge leading the Grenfell inquiry?

Sir Martin Moore-Bick is a father of four who has held several high-profile positions over a career spanning five decades.

Sir Martin Moore-Bick. Pic: Pegasus Scholarship Trust
Image: Sir Martin Moore-Bick will head the inquiry. Pic: Pegasus Scholarship Trust
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Sir Martin Moore-Bick has been appointed as the head of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.

He said the inquiry will be "open, transparent and fair" and one that "".

The retired Court of Appeal judge has held many high-profile roles over a career spanning five decades

Born in December 1946 and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, he was called to the bar in 1969.

Sir Martin began his legal career specialising in commercial contracts and went on to be appointed Queen's Counsel in 1986.

He sat as a Deputy High Court judge before he was appointed to the High Court in October 1995.

The father-of-four had served in the Commercial Court of the High Court before he joined the Court of Appeal in April 2005.

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There, he was an adviser to two Lord Chancellors: Lord Falconer and Jack Straw.

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Sir Martin has handled prominent cases in the past - one of which saw him rule on a challenge brought by the family of Mark Duggan over police procedures following fatal shootings by officers.

He also ruled on the case of a council looking to rehouse a mother-of-five 50 miles away from her current property because a cap on benefits had made her London flat unaffordable.

Although Sir Martin allowed Westminster City Council to rehouse Titina Nzolameso near Milton Keynes, his decision was later overturned by the Supreme Court.

He most recently held the title of Lord Justice of Appeal, retiring last December.

The Prime Minister has said a full judge-led inquiry is needed to ensure the blaze at the 24-storey block in west London, which killed at least 80 people, is "properly investigated".

Theresa May has also insisted that residents will be given a say over the direction of the investigation.