Senior judiciary

Information about the Justices of the Supreme Court can be found on the Supreme Court website: http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/about/biographies.html

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NB: If you see a first name in bold the judge in question will be known by their first name and surname, e.g. Mr Justice Stanley Burnton.

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Heads of Divisions

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Appt.
The Lord Judge (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Head of Criminal Justice)	19.5.41	1.10.08 (PQBD 3.10.05 CA 4.6.96 HC QBD 10.10.88)
Lord Dyson (Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice)	31.7.1943	1.10.12 (CA 11.01.01 HC QBD 30.3.93)
Sir (Roger) John Laugharne Thomas (President of the Queen's Bench Division)	22.10.47	3.10.11 (CA 14.07.03 HC QBD 11.01.96)
Sir James Lawrence Munby (President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice)	27.7.48	11.1.13 (CA 12.10.09 HC FD 22.5.00)
Sir Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton (The Chancellor of the High Court)	21.6.51	11.1.13 (CA 29.9.08 HC CD 11.01.01)

Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Appt.
Sir Mathew Alexander Thorpe (Deputy Head of Family Justice and Head of International Family Law)	30.7.38	2.10.95 (HC FD 11.4.88)
Sir John Frank Mummery	5.9.38	1.10.96 (HC CD 3.10.89)
Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws	10.5.45	12.1.99 (HC QBD 15.1.92)
Dame Mary Howarth Arden DBE	23.1.47	2.10.00 (HC CD 30.4.93)
Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore	25.8.44	11.01.01 (HC QBD 25.10.93)
Sir Maurice Ralph Kay (Vice-President Civil Division of the Court of Appeal)	6.12.42	12.1.04 (HC QBD 17.1.95)
Sir Timothy Andrew Wigram Lloyd	30.11.46	06.04.05 (HC CD 1.10.96)
Sir Martin James Moore-Bick	6.12.48	07.04.05 (HC QBD 2.10.95)
Sir Alan George Moses	29.11.45	3.10.05 (HC QBD 13.6.96)
Sir Stephen Price Richards (Deputy Head of Civil Justice)	8.12.50	3.10.05 (HC QBD 1.12.97)
Dame Heather Carol Hallett DBE (Vice President, High Court, Queen's Bench Division)	16.12.49	3.10.05 (HC QBD 14.4.99)
Sir Brian Henry Leveson (Chairman of the Sentencing Council)	22.6.49	2.10.06 (HC QBD 23.10.00)
Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer	30.1.44	02.10.07 (HC CD 3.10.94)
Sir Rupert Matthew Jackson	7.3.48	2.10.08 (HC QBD 12.1.99)
Sir John Bernard Goldring	9.11.44	2.10.08 (HC QBD 3.12.99)
Sir Richard John Pearson Aikens	28.8.48	19.11.08 (HC QBD 6.5.99)
Sir Jeremy Mirth Sullivan (Senior President of Tribunals)	17.9.45	12.1.09 (HC QBD 1.10.97)
Sir Patrick Elias	28.3.47	3.2.09 (HC QBD 4.5.99)
Sir Nicholas John Patten	7.8.50	4.6.09 (HC CD 2.10.00)
Sir Christopher John Pitchford	28.3.47	12.1.10 (HC QBD 28.9.00)
Dame Jill Margaret Black DBE	1.6.54	15.6.10 (HC FD 4.10.99)
Sir Stephen Miles Tomlinson	29.3.52	9.7.10 (HC QBD 2.5.00)
Sir Peter Henry Gross (Senior Presiding Judge)	13.2.52	9.7.10 (HC QBD 1.10.01)
Dame Anne Judith Rafferty DBE	26.7.50	5.7.11 (HC QBD 21.2.00)
Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlane	20.06.54	28.7.11 (HC FD 18.04.05)
Sir Nigel Anthony Lamert Davis	10.03.51	03.10.11 (HC QBD 01.10.01)
Sir Kim Martin Jordan Lewison	1.5.52	03.10.11 (HC CD 29.04.03)
Sir David James Tyson Kitchin	30.4.55	03.10.11 (HC CD 3.10.05)
Sir David Lloyd Jones (Chairman of the Law Commission)	13.01.52	01.10.12 (HC QBD 3.10.05)
Sir Colman Maurice Treacy	28.7.49	01.10.12 (HC QBD 1.10.02)
Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombe	23.9.52	26.10.12 (HC QBD 11.01.01
Sir Jack Beatson	3.11.48	11.1.13 (HC QBD 29.04.03)
Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE	5.6.49	9.4.13 (HC QBD 21.04.04)
Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder	19.12.57	10.4.13 (HC FD 4.5.04)
Sir Nicholas Edward Underhill	12.5.52	10.4.13 (HC QBD 20.1.06)
Sir Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs	23.12.54	10.4.13 (HC CD 3.07.06)
Sir Christopher David Floyd	20.12.51	11.4.13 (HC CD 8.11.07)
Sir Adrian Bruce Fulford	8.1.53	10.5.13 (HC QBD 21.11.02)

In general, judges of the Court of Appeal and above are members of the Privy Council. As such they are accorded the prefix The Right Honourable.

High Court Chancery Division

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Appt.
Sir Peter Winston Smith	1.5.52	15.04.02
Sir David Anthony Stewart Richards	9.6.51	1.10.03
Sir George Anthony Mann	21.5.51	19.01.04
Sir Nicholas Roger Warren (President of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal)	20.05.49	18.04.05
Sir Launcelot Dinadin James Henderson	20.11.51	11.01.07
Sir Paul Hyacinth Morgan	17.8.52	19.4.07
Sir Alastair Hubert Norris	17.12.50	1.10.07 (CJ 3.10.01)
Sir Gerald Edward Barling (President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal)	18.9.49	5.11.07
Sir Philip James Sales	11.2.62	1.10.08
Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman DBE	30.7.49	1.10.08
Sir Richard David Arnold (Judge in charge of the Patents Court)	23.6.61	1.10.08
Sir Peter Marcel Roth	19.12.52	1.10.09
Sir Geoffrey Charles Vos	22.4.55	27.10.09
Sir Guy Richard Newey	21.1.59	12.1.10
Sir Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard	10.10.52	3.10.11
Dame Sarah Jane Asplin DBE	16.09.59	1.10.12
Sir Colin Ian Birss	28.12.64	13.5.13
Dame Vivien Judith Rose DBE	13.4.60	13.5.13

High Court Queen's Bench Division

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Appt.
Sir Andrew David Collins	19.7.42	11.10.94
Sir Michael John Burton	12.11.46	23.11.98
Sir Stephen Robert Silber	26.3.44	3.12.99
Sir Richard Henry Quixano Henriques	27.10.43	19.4.00
Sir Andrew Charles Smith	31.12.47	19.7.00
Sir Duncan Brian Walter Ouseley (Judge in Charge of the Administrative Court)	24.2.50	2.11.00
Sir Robert Michael Owen	19.09.44	15.01.01
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay	26.09.43	24.01.01
Sir John Edward Mitting	8.10.47	3.04.01
Sir Brian Richard Keith	14.4.44	2.10.01
Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke (Judge in charge of the Commercial Court)	28.4.49	2.10.01
Sir Richard Alan Field	17.4.47	15.1.02
Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon	20.6.50	1.10.02
Sir Roger John Royce	27.8.44	21.10.02
Dame Laura Mary Cox DBE	8.11.51	4.11.02
Sir Michael George Tugendhat (Judge in charge of the jury and non-jury lists)	21.10.44	29.04.03
Sir David Michael Bean	25.3.54	19.7.04
Sir Alan Fraser Wilkie	26.12.47	1.10.04 (CJ 9.4.97)
Sir Paul James Walker	28.09.54	15.11.04
Sir Christopher Simon Courtenay Stephenson Clarke	14.03.47	11.01.05
Sir Charles Peter Lawford Openshaw	21.12.47	3.10.05 (CJ 16.3.99)
Dame Caroline Jane Swift DBE	30.5.55	3.10.05
Sir Brian Frederick James Langstaff	30.4.48	3.10.05
Sir Vivian Arthur Ramsey	24.5.50	1.11.05
Sir Stephen John Irwin (Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission)	5.2.53	18.5.06
Sir Nigel John Martin Teare	8.1.52	2.10.06
Sir John Griffith Williams	20.12.44	11.01.07 (CJ 18.4.00)
Sir Wyn Lewis Williams	31.3.51	11.01.07 (CJ 1.4.04)
Sir Timothy Roger Alan King	5.4.49	29.01.07
Sir John Henry Boulton Saunders	15.3.49	19.04.07 (CJ 26.2.04)
Sir Julian Martin Flaux	11.5.55	14.05 07
Sir David Robert Foskett	19.3.49	2.10.07
Sir Robert Akenhead (Judge in charge of the TCC)	15.9.49	2.10.07
Sir Nicholas John Gorrod Blake (President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal)	21.6.49	16.11.07
Sir Ross Frederick Cranston	23.7.48	26.11.07
Sir Peter David William Coulson	31.3.58	14.01.08 (CJ 29.06.04)
Sir William James Lynton Blair	31.3.50	27.02.08
Sir Alistair Geoffrey MacDuff	26.5.45	15.04.08 (CJ 24.03.97)
Sir Ian Duncan Burnett	28.2.58	12.05.08
Sir Nigel Hamilton Sweeney	18.3.54	1.10.08
Dame Elizabeth Ann Slade DBE	12.5.49	9.10.08
Sir Nicholas Archibald Hamblen	23.9.57	19.11.08
Sir Gary Robert Hickinbottom	22.12.55	13.1.09 (CJ 20.7.00)
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde	18.8.55	13.1.09
Dame Victoria Madeline Sharp DBE	8.2.56	13.01.09
Sir Andrew George Lindsay Nicol	9.5.51	4.02.09
Sir Kenneth Blades Parker	20.11.45	2.10.09
Sir Antony James Cobham Edwards-Stuart	2.11.46	2.10.09
Dame Nicola Velfor Davies	13.3.53	22.1.10
Dame Kathryn Mary Thirlwall DBE	21.11.57	13.4.10
Sir Michael Alan Supperstone	30.3.50	14.7.10
Sir Robin Godfrey Spencer	8.7.55	14.7.10
Sir Keith John Lindblom (President of the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber)	20.9.56	4.10.10
Sir Henry Bernard Eder	16.10.52	11.1.11
Sir Henry Brian Globe	18.06.49	03.10.11 (CJ 4.3.03)
Sir Andrew John Popplewell	14.01.59	03.10.11
Sir Rabinder Singh	06.03.64	03.10.11
Dame Beverley Ann Mcnaughton Lang	13.10.55	03.10.11
Sir Charles Anthony Haddon-Cave	20.3.56	31.10.11
Sir Stephen Martin Males	24.11.55	1.10.12
Sir Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith	18.1.55	1.10.12
Sir George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt	12.11.57	26.10.12
Sir Mark George Turner	27.8.59	28.1.13
Sir Jeremy Russell Baker	09.02.58	25.03.13 (CJ 29.11.10)
Sir Stephen Paul Stewart	09.10.53	7.5.13 (CJ 21.07.03)
Sir Robert Maurice Jay Q.C	20.9.59	04.06.13
Sir James Michael Dingemans	25.6.64	10.6.13
Sir Clive Buckland Lewis	13.6.60	13.6.13
Dame Sue Lascelles Carr DBE	1.9.64	14.6.13

High Court Family Division

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Appt.
Sir Edward James Holman	21.8.47	18.3.95
Dame Mary Claire Hogg DBE	15.1.47	2.10.95
Sir Arthur William Hessin Charles (President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal)	25.3.48	12.1.98
Sir David Roderick Lessiter Bodey	14.10.47	12.1.99
Sir Paul James Duke Coleridge	30.5.49	28.9.00
Dame Anna Evelyn Hamilton Pauffley DBE	13.1.56	1.10.03
Sir Roderic Lionel James Wood	8.3.51	12.1.04 (CJ 12.2.02)
Dame Florence Jacquelene Baron DBE	7.10.52	26.1.04
Dame Julia Wendy Macur DBE	17.1957	3.10.05
Sir Andrew John Gregory Moylan	23.6.53	23.2.07
Dame Eleanor Warwick King DBE	13.9.57	4.4.08
Dame Judith Mary Frances Parker DBE	19.6.50	13.6.08
Sir Jonathan Leslie Baker	6.8.55	2.11.09
Sir Nicholas Anthony Joseph Ghislain Mostyn	13.7.57	20.4.10
Sir Peter Arthur Brian Jackson	9.12.55	1.10.10
Dame Lucy Morgan Theis	6.11.60	15.11.10
Sir Philip Drury Moor	15.07.59	03.10.11
Sir Stephen William Scott Cobb	12.04.62	01.1.13
Sir Michael Joseph Keehan	31.3.60	14.5.13

Senior Presiding Judge

Lord Justice Gross

Date of Expiry: 31.12.15

Presiding Judges

Circuit	Presiding Judges	Date of Expiry
South Eastern	Mr Justice Nicol Mr Justice Sweeney Mr Justice Singh Mr Justice Spencer	31.12.14 31.12.15 31.12.16 31.12.17
Midland	Mr Justice Flaux Mrs Justice Thirlwall	31.12.13 31.12.15
North Eastern	Mr Justice Coulson Mr Justice Globe	31.12.14 31.12.16
Northern	Mr Justice Holroyde Mr Justice Turner	31.12.15 31.12.17
Wales	Mr Justice Griffith Williams Mr Justice Wyn Williams	31.12.13 31.12.15
Western	Mr Justice Burnett Mrs Justice Sharp	31.12.14 31.12.16

Family Division Liaison Judges

Circuit	Family Division Liaison Judges
South Eastern (1)	Mrs Justice Theis DBE (Kent, Surrey & Sussex)
South Eastern (2)	Mrs Justice Parker DBE (Beds, Herts, Cambs, Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, etc)
London (including Thames Valley from June 2011)	Mrs. Justice Pauffley DBE (London, Thames Valley (i.e. Reading, Oxford and Milton Keynes) )
Western	Mr Justice Baker
North Eastern	Mr Justice Moylan
Northern	Mr Justice Peter Jackson
Midland	Mrs Justice Eleanor King DBE
HMCS Wales	Mr Justice Moor

Chancery Supervising Judges

Circuit	Chancery Supervising Judges
South Eastern	Chancellor of the High Court
Midland	Mr Justice Morgan
North Eastern	Mr Justice Norris (Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine)
Northern	Mr Justice Norris (Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine)
Wales	Mr Justice Morgan
Western	Mr Justice Morgan

QB Liaison Judges (Administrative Court)

Circuit	QB Liaison Judges (Administrative Court)
Wales, Midland	Mr Justice Hickinbottom
Northern, North Eastern	Mr Justice Supperstone

Nominated judges of the Commercial Court and of the Admiralty Court:

Mr Justice Burton
Mr Justice Andrew Smith
Mr Justice Field
Mr Justice Cooke
Mr Justice Simon
Mr Justice Walker
Mr Justice Christopher Clarke
Mr Justice Teare
Mr Justice Flaux
Mr Justice Blair
Mr Justice Hamblen
Mr Justice Eder

Nominated judges of the Patents Court:

Sir Terence Etherton
Mr Justice Mann
Mr Justice Warren
Mr Justice Morgan
Mr Justice Norris
Mr Justice Arnold
Mr Justice Roth
Mr Justice Vos
Mr Justice Sales
Mr Justice Birss

Judges nominated to hear cases in the Administrative Court:

Mr Justice Ouseley (Lead Judge)
Mr Justice Collins
Mr Justice Holman (Family)
Mr Justice Charles (Family)
Mr Justice Burton
Mr Justice Silber
Mr Justice Henriques
Mr Justice Owen
Mr Justice Mitting
Mr Justice Keith
Mr Justice Simon
Mrs Justice Cox DBE
Mr Justice Bean
Mr Justice Wilkie
Mr Justice Walker
Mrs Justice Swift DBE
Mr Justice Langstaff
Mr Justice Irwin
Mr Justice Wyn Williams
Mr Justice King
Mr Justice Saunders
Mr Justice Flaux
Mr Justice Foskett
Mr Justice Blake
Mr Justice Cranston
Mr Justice Coulson
Mr Justice Blair
Mr Justice Burnett
Mr Justice Sales (Chancery)
Mrs Justice Slade DBE
Mr Justice Hickinbottom
Mr Justice Nicol
Mr Justice Kenneth Parker
Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart
Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE
Mrs Justice Thirlwall DBE
Mr Justice Supperstone
Mr Justice Lindblom
Mr Justice Eder
Mr Justice Singh
Mrs Justice Lang DBE
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave
Mr Justice Males
Mr Justice Mostyn
Mr Justice Turner

Judges nominated to hear cases in the Technology and Construction Court:

Mr Justice Akenhead
Mr Justice Ramsey
Mr Justice Ouseley
Mr Justice Field
Mr Justice Simon
Mr Justice Christopher Clarke
Mr Justice Teare
Mr Justice Foskett
Mr Justice Coulson
Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart
Mr Justice Stuart-Smith

Other posts held by Senior Members of the Judiciary

Post held	Name
Judge in charge of the jury and non–jury lists	Mr Justice Tugendhat
Judge in charge of the Commercial Court	Mr Justice Cooke
Judge in charge of the Administrative Court	Mr Justice Ouseley
Chairman of the Sentencing Council	Lord Justice Leveson
Chairman of the Law Commission	Lord Justice Lloyd Jones
Chairman of the Judicial College	Lady Justice Hallett
President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal	Mr Justice Langstaff
President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal	Mr Justice Barling
President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal	Mr Justice Charles
President of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal	Mr Justice Warren
President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal	Mr Justice Blake
President of the Upper Lands Chamber	Mr Justice Lindblom
Judge in charge of the Patents Court	Mr Justice Arnold

Retired Senior Judiciary under 75

Retired High Court Judges	Date of Birth	Career History
Dame Heather Steel DBE	3.7.40	CJ 3.12.86 HC QBD, 30.9.93 ret. 1.10.01
Sir Michael Guy Vicat Harrison	28.9.39	HC QBD 19.7.93 ret. 30.9.04
Sir Andrew Edward Wilson Park	27.1.39	HC CD 3.11.97 ret. 30.06.06
Sir Thomas Richard Atkin Morison	15.1.39	6.12.93 ret 9.5.07
Sir George Michael Newman	4.7.41	HC QBD 3.5.95 ret 1.10.07
Sir John Murray Chadwick ED	20.1.41	HC CD 25.9.91 CoA 1.10.97 ret 4.11.07
Sir Gordon Julian Hugh Langley	11.5.43	HC QBD 22.11.95 ret 16.11.07
Sir Gavin Anthony Lightman	20.12.39	HC CD 18.5.94 Ret. 10.1.08
Sir Peter John Cresswell	24.4.44	HC QBD 15.1.91 Ret. 11.1.08
Sir Charles Anthony St John Gray	6.7.42	HC QBD 1.10.98 Ret. 13.2.08
Sir Christopher John Sumner	28.8.39	CJ 26.10.87 HC FD 13.6.96 Ret. 3.4.08
Sir Christopher John Pitchers	2.10.42	CJ 12.12.86 HC QBD 16.1.02 Ret. 13.4.08
Sir Richard Joseph Buxton	13.7.38	HC QBD 11.1.94 CoA 1.10.97 Ret 30.9.08
Sir Andrew Tristram Hammett Kirkwood	5.6.44	HC PFD 20.4.93 Ret. 8.06.08
Sir Robert Franklyn Nelson	19.9.42	HC QBD 16.4.96 Ret 8.10.08
Sir Simon Lane Tuckey	17.10.41	HC QBD 7.4.92 CoA 1.10.98 Ret. 11.01.09
Sir John Thayne Forbes	28.6.38	CJ 5.6.90 HC QBD 24.5.93 Ret. 12.01.09
Sir Geoffrey Douglas Grigson	28.10.44	CJ 19.4.89 HC QBD 19.4.00 Ret. 12.01.09
Sir David Nicholas Ramsey Latham	18.9.42	CJ 4.11.85 HC QBD, 27.4.92 COA 25.3.00 Ret. 03.02.09
Sir David Wolfe Keene	15.4.41	HC QBD 3.10.94 COA 2.11.00 Ret. 12.10.09
Sir William Anthony Blackburne	24.2.44	HC CD 1.10.93 Ret. 27.10.09
Sir Hugh Peter Derwyn Bennett	8.9.43	HC FD 21.2.95 Ret. 31.3.10
Sir George Mark Waller	13.10.40	HC QBD 25.5.89 CoA 1.10.96 Ret. 6.5.10
Sir David Clive Clarke	16.7.42	CJ 20.10.93 HC QBD 1.10.03 Ret. 2.10.10
Sir Raymond Evan Jack	13.11.42	CJ 23.5.91 HC QBD 11.01.01 Ret. 10.01.11
Sir Stephen Sedley	9.10.39	CJ 23.5.91 HC QBD 1.10.92 CoA 12.1.99 Ret. 31.01.11
Dame Janet Hilary Smith DBE	29.11.40	HC QBD 9.11.92 CoA 21.11.02 Ret. 3.5.11
Sir Robert Raphael Hayim (Robin) Jacob	26.4.41	HC CD 1.10.93 CoA 17.10.03 Ret. 8.5.11
Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May	9.9.40	HC QBD 16.1.91 CoA 8.12.97 PQBD 2.10.08 Ret. 31.7.11
Sir David Calvert - Smith	6.4.45	HC QBD 11.1.05 Ret. 30.9.12
Sir Alexander Neil Logie Butterfield	28.9.42	HC QBD 28.2.95 Ret. 1.10.12
Sir David William Steel	7.5.43	HC QB 19.1.98 Ret. 18.10.11
Sir Stanley Burnton	25.10.42	HC QBD 19.07.00 CoA 21.04.08 Ret. 25.10.12
Sir Mark Hedley	23.8.46	CJ 19.3.92 HC FD 15.1.02 Ret. 10.01.13
Sir David Eady	24.3.43	HC QBD 21.4.97 Ret. 24.3.13
Dame Linda Penelope Dobbs DBE	3.01.51	HC QBD 1.10.04 Ret. 19.4.13
Sir David Roderick Evans	22.10.46	(CJ 30.11.92) HC QBD 23.04.01 Ret. 30.4.13
Sir Bernard Rix	8.12.44	HC QBD 26.7.93 CoA 2.5.00 Ret. 9.5.13
Sir David Maddison	22.1.47	(CJ 13.10.92) HC QBD 29.1.08 Ret. 21.5.13