List of High Court judges of England and Wales

This is a list of Justices of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, the puisne judges of the court. They serve in addition to the High Court's ex officio members:[1]

In addition to the justices, Masters of the High Court (Queen's Bench Masters, Chancery Masters, Taxing Masters/Costs Judges and Insolvency and Companies Court Judges) also form part of the judiciary of the High Court. Decisions of justices and of masters are of equal standing, both types being judges of the High Court sitting at first instance.[2]

Within months of appointment, male justices are made knights bachelor, and female justices are made Dame Commanders of the British Empire (DBE). In addition, all High Court judges are entitled to the judicial style Mr/Mrs Justice X'.

The number of Justices of the High Court is limited to 108,[n 1] and the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 mandates that they, along with other senior judges throughout the UK retire at 70 years of age. Judges appointed before 31 March 1995 are excepted and may wait to retire at 75. As of 2018 the last such Judge remaining on the High Court is Mr Justice Holman. Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Longmore, now members of the Court of Appeal, also qualify, as does Baroness Hale of Richmond on the Supreme Court.

List of judges

As of 31 March 2018, there were 97 Justices of the High Court (15 Chancery Division, 17 Family Division, and 65 Queen's Bench Division judges), 76 male and 21 female.[9] Since then Langstaff J has retired from the Queen's Bench.

JudgeMandatory retirementDate of appointmentDivisionRole
1Sir James Holman21 August 2022[n 2]18 March 1995Family
2Sir Duncan Ouseley24 February 20202 November 2000Queen's Bench
3Sir Anthony Mann21 May 2021
19 January 2004Chancery
4Sir Paul James Walker28 September 202415 November 2004Queen's Bench
5Sir Nigel Teare8 January 20222 October 2006Queen's Bench
6Sir Timothy King5 April 201929 January 2007Queen's Bench
7Sir Paul Morgan17 August 202219 April 2007Chancery
8Sir Alastair Norris17 December 20201 October 2007Chancery
9Sir David Foskett19 March 20192 October 2007Queen's BenchJudge in charge of the Queen’s Bench Civil List
10Sir Gerald Barling18 September 20195 November 2007Chancery
11Sir Peter Coulson31 March 202814 January 2008Queen's BenchAppointed as Lord Justice of Appeal from Autumn 2017[10]
12Sir William Blair31 March 202027 February 2008Queen's BenchJudge in charge of the Commercial Court
13Dame Judith Parker19 June 202013 June 2008Family
14Sir Nigel Sweeney18 March 20241 October 2008Queen's Bench
15Sir Richard Arnold23 June 20311 October 2008ChanceryJudge in charge of the Patents Court
16Dame Elizabeth Slade12 May 20199 October 2008Queen's Bench
17Sir Andrew Nicol9 May 20214 February 2009Queen's Bench
18Sir Peter Roth19 December 20221 October 2009ChanceryPresident of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
19Sir Jonathan Baker6 August 20252 November 2009Family
20Dame Nicola Davies13 March 202322 January 2010Queen's Bench
21Sir Nicholas Mostyn13 July 202720 April 2010Family
22Sir Michael Supperstone30 March 202014 July 2010Queen's BenchJudge in Charge of the Administrative Court
23Sir Robin Spencer8 July 202514 July 2010Queen's Bench
24Dame Lucy Theis6 November 203015 November 2010Family
25Sir Robert Hildyard10 October 20223 October 2011Chancery
26Sir Andrew Popplewell14 January 20293 October 2011Queen's Bench
27Sir Philip Moor15 July 20293 October 2011Family
28Dame Beverley Lang13 October 20253 October 2011Queen's Bench
29Sir Charles Haddon-Cave20 March 20263 October 2011Queen's Bench
30Sir Stephen Males24 November 20251 October 2012Queen's Bench
31Sir Jeremy Stuart-Smith18 January 20251 October 2012Queen's Bench
32Sir Stephen Cobb12 April 203211 January 2013Family
33Sir Mark Turner27 August 202928 January 2013Queen's Bench
34Sir Jeremy Baker9 February 202825 March 2013Queen's Bench
35Sir Stephen Stewart9 October 20237 May 2013Queen's Bench
36Sir Colin Birss28 December 203413 May 2013Chancery
37Dame Vivien Rose13 April 203013 May 2013ChanceryPresident of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal
39Sir Joseph Keehan31 March 203013 May 2013Family
39Sir Robert Jay20 September 20294 June 2013Queen's Bench
40Sir James Dingemans25 June 203410 June 2013Queen's Bench
41Sir Clive Lewis13 June 203013 June 2013Queen's Bench
42Dame Sue Carr1 September 203414 June 2013Queen's Bench
43Sir Anthony Hayden24 June 203131 July 2013Family
44Sir Christopher Nugee23 January 20291 October 2013Chancery
45Sir Stephen Phillips10 October 20311 October 2013Queen's Bench
46Dame Geraldine Andrews19 April 20291 October 2013Queen's Bench
47Sir Nicholas Green15 October 20281 October 2013Queen's Bench
48Dame Ingrid Simler17 September 203328 October 2013Queen's BenchPresident of the Employment Appeal Tribunal
49Dame Alison Russell17 June 202813 January 2014Family
50Dame Elisabeth Laing19 November 202629 April 2014Queen's Bench
51Sir William Davis20 June 20241 May 2014Queen's Bench
52Sir Roderick Newton15 April 20285 May 2014Family
53Dame Jennifer Roberts3 March 20233 June 2014Family
54Sir Mark Warby10 October 202810 June 2014Queen's Bench
55Sir Andrew Edis9 June 20271 October 2014Queen's Bench
56Dame Maura McGowan27 January 20271 October 2014Queen's Bench
57Sir James Goss12 May 20231 October 2014Queen's Bench
58Sir Robin Knowles7 April 20301 October 2014Queen's Bench
59Sir Ian Dove31 December 20331 October 2014Queen's Bench
60Sir David Holgate3 August 20261 December 2014Queen's BenchPresident of the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal
61Sir Richard Snowden22 March 203230 April 2015Chancery
62Sir Alistair MacDonald22 February 20403 June 2015Family
63Sir Timothy Kerr15 February 20284 June 2015Queen's Bench
64Sir Simon Picken23 April 20368 June 2015Queen's Bench
65Sir Henry Carr31 March 20281 October 2015Chancery
66Dame Philippa Whipple7 May 20361 October 2015Queen's Bench
67Sir Peter Fraser6 September 20331 October 2015Queen's Bench
68Sir Neil Garnham11 February 20295 November 2015Queen's Bench
69Dame Parmjit-Kaur (Bobbie) Cheema-Grubb6 October 203625 November 2015Queen's Bench
70Sir Michael Soole8 July 202426 November 2015Queen's Bench
71Dame Juliet May21 March 20313 December 2015Queen's Bench
72Sir (Peter) Nicholas Francis22 April 20283 October 2016Family
73Sir Stephen Morris18 May 20273 October 2016Queen's Bench
74Dame Nerys Jefford25 December 20323 October 2016Queen's Bench
75Sir Nicholas Lavender7 August 20343 October 2016Queen's Bench
76Dame Finola O'Farrell15 December 203017 October 2016Queen's Bench
77Sir Andrew Baker21 December 20351 November 2016Queen's Bench
78Sir Marcus Smith1 July 203712 January 2017Chancery
79Sir Julian Goose26 July 20312 October 2017Queen's Bench
80Sir Peter Richard Lane26 April 20232 October 2017Queen's Bench
81Dame (Jane) Clare Moulder17 January 20302 October 2017Queen's Bench
82Sir Martin Spencer19 June 20262 October 2017Queen's Bench
83Sir Simon Bryan23 November 20352 October 2017Queen's Bench
84Sir Julian Knowles26 January 20392 October 2017Queen's Bench
85Dame Amanda Yip23 April 20392 October 2017Queen's Bench
86Sir Matthew Nicklin16 October 20402 October 2017Queen's Bench
87Sir Akhlaq Choudhury23 April 20372 October 2017Queen's Bench
88Dame Gwyneth Knowles11 July 20322 October 2017Family
89Sir Jonathan Cohen8 May 20212 October 2017Family
90Sir David Williams18 June 20312 October 2017Family
91Dame Sara Cockerill7 November 20381 November 2017Queen's Bench
92Sir Antony Zacaroli10 May 203313 November 2017Chancery
93Sir Timothy Fancourt30 August 203411 January 2018Chancery
94Dame Christina Lambert15 August 203311 January 2018Queen's Bench
95Sir Christopher Butcher14 August 20325 March 2018Queen's Bench

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Senior Courts Act 1981 specifies 80,[1] but that has been amended (without changing the act's text) by The Maximum number of Judges Order 2003[3] to 108. High Court judges sitting on the European Court of Human Rights do not count against the total under the Human Rights Act 1998,[4] and judges sitting on other courts are excluded by virtue of the Access to Justice Act 1999.[5] Recently, this has applied to Nicolas Bratza in respect of the ECHR and Sir Adrian Fulford, who was serving on the International Criminal Court; at the time there were, therefore, 110 judges.[6][7][8] Such seconded judges do not receive a salary as a judge of High Court.[4][5]
  2. ↑ Mandatory retirement for Holman J is at 75, rather than 70, because he was appointed before 31 March 1995.

References

  1. 1 2 Senior Courts Act 1981, s 4(1).
  2. ↑ "Coral Reef decision". uk.practicallaw.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ↑ 2003/775 art 2.
  4. 1 2 s 18(4).
  5. 1 2 s 68(3).
  6. ↑ "Going to Court: High Court". Judiciary of England and Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2012. (explaining there are 73 QBD, 18 CD, and 19 FD judges, which totals 110)
  7. ↑ Whitehead, Tom (28 April 2009). "Quotas could be introduced for judges to increase ethnic minorities and women". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "England and Wales—Women Judges in 2000 and 2011" (PDF). Equal Justice Initiative. April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ "List of Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England and Wales. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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