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Ingrid Simler

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Lady Justice Simler
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Lady Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
High Court Judge
Queen's Bench Division
In office
2013–2019
Personal details
Born (1963-09-17) 17 September 1963 (age 59)
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge
University of Amsterdam

Dame Ingrid Ann Simler, DBE (born 17 September 1963), styled The Rt Hon Lady Justice Simler, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1]

She was educated at Henrietta Barnett School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the University of Amsterdam.[2]

She was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1987 and became a QC 2006. Simler was appointed a Recorder in 2002 and was a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 2013. She was President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal for a term of three years from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018.[3]

On 27 June 2018, it was announced that Simler was to be appointed to the Court of Appeal, an appointment she took up on 2 July 2019.[4]

Simler was chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales,[5] and at the date of announcement of her appointment to the High Court bench in 2013 she was head of her chambers.[6] She is the chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee of the Inner Temple.[7]

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

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Henrietta Barnett School

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Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

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University of Amsterdam

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Employment Appeal Tribunal

The Employment Appeal Tribunal is a tribunal in England and Wales and Scotland, and is a superior court of record. Its primary role is to hear appeals from Employment Tribunals in England, Scotland and Wales. It also hears appeals from decisions of the Certification Officer and the Central Arbitration Committee and has original jurisdiction over certain industrial relations issues.

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References
  1. ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ ‘SIMLER, Ingrid Ann’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  3. ^ "President of the EAT & Upper Tribunal Chamber President of the Lands Chamber". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "101202 Bar Council minutes". barcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Ingrid Simler QC appointed to the High Court Bench | Devereux Chambers". www.devereuxchambers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ "We Are Proud | Inner Temple". 3 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.


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