Victoria Sharp

The Right Honourable
Lady Justice Sharp
DBE
Lady Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
2000
Monarch Elizabeth II
High Court Judge
In office
1993–2000
Personal details
Born (1956-02-08) 8 February 1956
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Bristol

[1]

Dame Victoria Madeleine Sharp, DBE (born 8 February 1956), styled The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Sharp, is an English Lady Justice of Appeal.

Educated at North London Collegiate School and the University of Bristol, Victoria Sharp was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1979. She became a Recorder in 1998 and was also a made a QC in 1986.[2][3]

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), as is customary, on her appointment as a Justice of the High Court on 13 January 2009.[4]

She became Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division on 1 January 2016, succeeding Sir Nigel Davis.

In May 2017, she sentenced a man who unintentionally and under the influence of alcohol caused a fire on a plane toilet to nine years and six months imprisonment.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/court-of-appeal-home/coa-biogs/
  2. ↑ "Dame Victoria Sharp". One Brick Court. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Profile, theguardian.com; accessed 26 March 2014.
  4. ↑ England & Wales Senior Judiciary; accessed 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ , bbc.com; accessed 26 May 2017.
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