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List of judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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The ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are the Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal. These judges serve with the ex officio members of the court:

Judges of the Court of Appeal are made members of the Privy Council within months of appointment, enabling them to serve as members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and entitling them to the style The Right Honourable. Because all members of the court are appointed to the Privy Council, that style is omitted, but new Lords and Lady Justice awaiting appointment to the Privy Council are noted.

The Senior Courts Act 1981 limited in principle the total number of Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal;[1] it was raised by one to 39 by The Maximum Number of Judges Order 2015 (the Act allows for such Orders). The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 mandated that, along with other senior judges throughout the UK, they retired at 70 years of age (save for judges appointed before 31 March 1995 who had to retire at 75). However, the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 amended the 1993 Act to restore the retirement age of 75 for all judges, whenever appointed.[2]

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Ex officio judges

These are the ex officio judges of the Court of Appeal excepting the qualifying justices of the Supreme Court (the judges appointed from England and Wales); they are listed at Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom:

Office Judge Alma mater Mandatory retirement Date of appointment Prior roles
1Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales The Lord Burnett of Maldon Pembroke College, Oxford 28 February 2033 2 October 2017 Court of Appeal (6 October 2014)
Queen's Bench (12 May 2008)
2Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 22 April 2030 11 January 2021 Chancellor (24 October 2016) Court of Appeal (1 October 2013)
Chancery Division (27 October 2009)
3President of the King's Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp University of Bristol 8 February 2031 23 June 2019 Court of Appeal (1 October 2013)
Queen's Bench (13 January 2009)
4President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane Collingwood College, Durham 20 June 2029 28 July 2018 Court of Appeal (28 July 2011)
Family Division (18 April 2005)
5Chancellor of the High Court Sir Julian Flaux Worcester College, Oxford 11 May 2030 3 February 2021 Court of Appeal (8 December 2016)
Queen's Bench (14 April 2007)

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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales and the President of the Courts of England and Wales.

Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon

Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon

Ian Duncan Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon, is a British judge and the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

Pembroke College, Oxford

Pembroke College, Oxford

Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain and then-Chancellor of the University.

Master of the Rolls

Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of the Rolls is second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief Justice. The position dates from at least 1286, although it is believed that the office probably existed earlier than that.

Geoffrey Vos

Geoffrey Vos

Sir Geoffrey Charles Vos is a judge in England and Wales. Since January 2021, he has held the position of Master of the Rolls, and the head of civil justice in the court system of England and Wales.

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. In 1557, it was refounded by alumnus John Caius. The college has been attended by many students who have gone on to significant accomplishment, including fifteen Nobel Prize winners, the second-highest of any Oxbridge college after Trinity College, Cambridge.

President of the Family Division

President of the Family Division

The President of the Family Division is the head of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and Head of Family Justice. The Family Division was created in 1971 when Admiralty and contentious probate cases were removed from its predecessor, the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.

Andrew McFarlane (judge)

Andrew McFarlane (judge)

Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlane is a British judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from 2011 to 2018, and became President of the Family Division in July 2018 upon Sir James Munby’s retirement from that office.

Collingwood College, Durham

Collingwood College, Durham

Collingwood College is a college of Durham University in England. It is the second largest of Durham's undergraduate colleges with around 1100 students. Founded in 1972 as the first purpose-built, mixed-sex college in Durham, it is named after the mathematician Sir Edward Collingwood (1900–70), who was a former Chair of the Council of Durham University.

Durham University

Durham University

Durham University is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to open in England for more than 600 years, after Oxford and Cambridge, and is thus, following standard historical practice in defining a university, the third-oldest university in England. As a collegiate university its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and its 17 colleges. In general, the departments perform research and provide teaching to students, while the colleges are responsible for their domestic arrangements and welfare.

Chancellor of the High Court

Chancellor of the High Court

The Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. This judge and the other two heads of divisions sit by virtue of their offices often, as and when their expertise is deemed relevant, in panel in the Court of Appeal. As such this judge ranks equally to the President of the Family Division and the President of the Queen's Bench Division.

Julian Flaux

Julian Flaux

Sir Julian Martin Flaux is the Chancellor of the High Court.

List of judges of the Court of Appeal

As of 2 November 2022 there are 37 Judges on the court: 26 Lord Justices of Appeal and 11 Lady Justices of Appeal.[3]

Lord/Lady Justice Alma mater Mandatory
retirement
Date of
appointment
High Court
appointment
High Court
division
Other roles
1 Sir Kim Lewison Downing College, Cambridge 1 May 2027 3 October 2011 29 April 2003 Chancery
2 Sir Nicholas Underhill New College, Oxford 12 May 2027 9 April 2013 20 January 2006 Queen's Bench Vice-President of the Civil Division
3 Dame Julia Macur University of Sheffield 17 April 2032 31 July 2013 3 October 2005 Family
4 Sir David Bean Trinity Hall, Cambridge 25 March 2029 1 October 2014 19 July 2004 Queen's Bench
5 Dame Eleanor King University of Hull 13 September 2032 1 October 2014 4 April 2008 Family Chair of the Judicial College
6 Sir Keith Lindblom St John's College, Oxford 20 September 2031 2 November 2015 4 October 2010 Queen's Bench Senior President of Tribunals
7 Dame Kathryn [Kate] Thirlwall University of Bristol
Northumbria University
21 November 2032 1 February 2017 13 April 2010 Queen's Bench
8 Sir Andrew Moylan University of Oxford 23 June 2028 29 March 2017 23 February 2007 Family
9 Sir Timothy Holroyde Wadham College, Oxford 18 August 2030 2 October 2017 13 January 2009 Queen's Bench Vice-President of the Criminal Division.
10 Sir Peter Jackson Brasenose College, Oxford 9 December 2030 2 October 2017 1 October 2010 Family
11 Sir Guy Newey Queens' College, Cambridge 21 January 2034 2 October 2017 12 January 2010 Chancery
12 Sir Rabinder Singh Trinity College, Cambridge
University of California, Berkeley
6 March 2039 2 October 2017 3 October 2011 Queen's Bench President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
13 Dame Sarah Asplin Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
16 September 2034 2 October 2017 1 October 2012 Chancery
14 Sir Peter Coulson University of Keele 31 March 2033 8 March 2018 14 January 2008 Queen's Bench
15 Sir Jonathan Baker St John's College, Cambridge 5 August 2030 1 October 2018 2 November 2009 Family
16 Dame Nicola Davies University of Birmingham 13 March 2028 1 October 2018 22 January 2010 Queen's Bench
17 Sir Charles Haddon-Cave Pembroke College, Cambridge 20 March 2031 1 October 2018 31 October 2011 Queen's Bench
18 Sir Nicholas Green University of Leicester
University of Toronto
University of Southampton
14 October 2033 1 October 2018 1 October 2013 Queen's Bench Chairman of the Law Commission
19 Sir Stephen Males St John's College, Cambridge 23 November 2030 14 January 2019 1 October 2012 Queen's Bench
20 Dame Ingrid Simler Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
University of Amsterdam
17 September 2038 2 July 2019 28 October 2013 Queen's Bench
21 Sir Richard Arnold Magdalen College, Oxford
University of Westminster
23 June 2036 1 October 2019 1 October 2008 Chancery
22 Sir Andrew Popplewell Downing College, Cambridge 14 January 2034 19 October 2019 3 October 2011 Queen's Bench
23 Sir James Dingemans Mansfield College, Oxford 25 June 2039 21 October 2019 10 June 2013 Queen's Bench
24 Sir Stephen Phillips University College, Oxford 10 October 2036 13 January 2020 1 October 2013 Queen’s Bench
25 Dame Sue Carr Trinity College, Cambridge 1 September 2039 21 April 2020 14 June 2013 Queen’s Bench
26 Sir Jeremy Stuart-Smith Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 18 January 2030 1 October 2020 2 October 2012 Queen’s Bench
27 Dame Geraldine Andrews King's College London 19 April 2034 1 October 2020 1 October 2013 Queen’s Bench
28 Sir Christopher Nugee Corpus Christi College, Oxford 23 January 2034 1 October 2020 1 October 2013 Chancery
29 Sir Clive Lewis Churchill College, Cambridge 13 June 2035 1 October 2020 13 June 2013 Queen’s Bench
30 Dame Elisabeth Laing Newnham College, Cambridge 19 November 2031 28 October 2020 29 April 2014 Queen’s Bench
31 Sir Colin Birss Downing College, Cambridge 28 January 2039 25 January 2021 13 May 2013 Chancery Deputy Head of Civil Justice
32 Sir Andrew Edis University College Oxford 9 November 2032 27 January 2021 1 October 2014 Queen's Bench Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales
33 Sir Mark Warby St John's College Oxford 10 October 2033 3 February 2021 10 June 2014 Queen's Bench
34 Sir William Davies Queen Mary University of London 20 June 2029 1 October 2021 1 May 2014 Queen's

Bench

Chairman of the Sentencing Council
35 Sir Richard Snowden Downing College Cambridge 20 March 2037 1 October 2021 30 April 2015 Chancery
36 Dame Philippa Whipple Merton College Oxford 7 May 2041 15 November 2021 1 October 2015 Queen's Bench
37 Dame Sarah Falk Sidney Sussex College Cambridge 1 June 2037 2 November 2022 1 October 2018 Chancery


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Kim Lewison

Kim Lewison

Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison, PC is a Lord Justice of Appeal. He is a graduate of Downing College, Cambridge, where he is an honorary Fellow.

Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of the new colleges and the newest of the old. Downing College was formed "for the encouragement of the study of Law and Medicine and of the cognate subjects of Moral and Natural Science", and has developed a reputation amongst Cambridge colleges for Law and Medicine.

Nicholas Underhill

Nicholas Underhill

Sir Nicholas Edward Underhill, styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Underhill, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at the university and was the first to admit undergraduate students.

Julia Macur

Julia Macur

Dame Julia Wendy Macur, DBE, known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019, she was the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales.

David Bean (judge)

David Bean (judge)

Sir David Michael Bean is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Eleanor King (judge)

Eleanor King (judge)

Dame Eleanor Warwick King, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Judicial College

Judicial College

The Judicial College, formerly the Judicial Studies Board (JSB), established in 1979, is the organisation responsible for training judges in county, the Crown, and higher courts in England and Wales and tribunal judges in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This includes the training of magistrates and the chairmen and members of tribunals. The current chairman is Lady Justice Anne Rafferty, DBE. The name changed from Judicial Studies Board to Judicial College on 1 April 2011.

Keith Lindblom

Keith Lindblom

Sir Keith John Lindblom, PC, styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Lindblom, is a King's Counsel and current Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal.

Kathryn Thirlwall

Kathryn Thirlwall

Dame Kathryn Mary Thirlwall, DBE, styled The Rt Hon Lady Justice Thirlwall, is an English judge of the Court of Appeal, and since December 2019 is the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales. She practised as a barrister from 1982, was a High Court judge from April 2010, and was promoted to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in February 2017.

Northumbria University

Northumbria University

Northumbria University is a public university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.

Andrew Moylan

Andrew Moylan

Sir Andrew John Gregory Moylan, is a British Court of Appeal of England and Wales judge.

Source: "List of judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 30th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_judges_of_the_Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales.

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References
  1. ^ Senior Courts Act 1981, s 2. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Senior Judiciary". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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