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AG ECJ - Advocate General, European Court of Justice

CA Court of Appeal

CJ Circuit Judge

C of J of Sc. College of Justice of Scotland

HC CD High Court - Chancery Division

HC FD High Court - Family Division

HC QBD High Court - Queen's Bench Division

HC NI High Court of Northern Ireland

HL House of Lords

LCJ Lord Chief Justice (NI: of Northern Ireland)

LJ of Sc Lord Justice-General of Scotland

MR Master of the Rolls

PFD President of the Family Division

VC Vice-Chancellor

Senior judiciary by seniority

Details correct as at 12 May 2009

Heads of Division

Name Division Date of appointment
The Rt Hon Lord Judge
(Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Head of Criminal Justice)		Head of Division01/10/2008
Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony
(Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice)		Head of Division03/10/2005
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May
(President of the Queen’s Bench Division)		Head of Division01/10/2008
The Rt Hon Sir Mark Howard Potter
(President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice)		Head of Division07/04/2005
The Rt Hon Sir Robert Andrew Morritt CVO
(The Chancellor of the High Court)		Head of Division17/07/2000

Court of Appeal

Name Division Date of appointment
Sir Malcolm Thomas PillCourt of Appeal01/02/1995
Sir Alan Hylton WardCourt of Appeal13/02/1995
Sir Mathew Alexander ThorpeCourt of Appeal02/10/1995
Sir George Mark WallerCourt of Appeal01/10/1996
Sir John Frank MummeryCourt of Appeal01/10/1996
Sir John Grant McKenzie LawsCourt of Appeal12/01/1999
Sir Stephen John SedleyCourt of Appeal12/01/1999
Sir Bernard Anthony RixCourt of Appeal02/05/2000
Dame Mary Howarth Arden DBECourt of Appeal02/10/2000
Sir David Wolfe KeeneCourt of Appeal02/11/2000
Sir John Anthony DysonCourt of Appeal11/01/2001
Sir Andrew Centlivres LongmoreCourt of Appeal11/01/2001
Sir Robert John Anderson Carnwath CVOCourt of Appeal15/01/2002
Sir Thomas Scott Gillespie BakerCourt of Appeal01/10/2002
Dame Janet Hilary Smith DBECourt of Appeal21/11/2002
Sir Roger John Laugharne ThomasCourt of Appeal14/07/2003
Sir Robert Raphael Hayim (Robin) JacobCourt of Appeal17/10/2003
Sir Nicholas Peter Rathbone WallCourt of Appeal12/01/2004
Sir Maurice Ralph KayCourt of Appeal12/01/2004
Sir Anthony HooperCourt of Appeal24/03/2004
Sir Timothy Andrew Wigram LloydCourt of Appeal06/04/2005
Sir Martin James Moore-BickCourt of Appeal07/04/2005
Sir Nicholas Allan Roy WilsonCourt of Appeal03/10/2005
Sir Alan George MosesCourt of Appeal03/10/2005
Sir Stephen Price RichardsCourt of Appeal03/10/2005
Dame Heather Carol Hallett DBECourt of Appeal03/10/2005
Sir Anthony Philip Gilson HughesCourt of Appeal25/04/2006
Sir Brian Henry LevesonCourt of Appeal02/10/2006
Sir Roger Grenfell ToulsonCourt of Appeal29/01/2007
Sir Colin Percy Farquharson RimerCourt of Appeal02/10/2007
Sir Stanley Jeffrey BurntonCourt of Appeal21/04/2008
Sir Terrence Michael Elkan Barnet EthertonCourt of Appeal29/09/2008
Sir Rupert Matthew JacksonCourt of Appeal02/10/2008
Sir John Bernard GoldringCourt of Appeal02/10/2008
Sir Richard John Pearson AikensCourt of Appeal19/11/2008
Sir Jeremy Mirth SullivanCourt of Appeal12/01/2009
Sir Patrick EliasCourt of Appeal03/02/2009

High Court Judges

Sir Stuart Neil McKinnonQueen's Bench Division20/01/1988
Sir Jan Peter SingerFamily Division11/01/1993
Sir William Anthony BlackburneChancery Division01/10/1993
Sir Andrew David CollinsQueen's Bench Division11/10/1994
Sir Hugh Peter Derwyn BennettFamily Division21/02/1995
Sir Alexander Neil Logie ButterfieldQueen's Bench Division28/02/1995
Sir Edward James HolmanFamily Division18/03/1995
Dame Mary Claire Hogg DBEFamily Division02/10/1995
Sir David EadyQueen's Bench Division21/04/1997
Sir David Herbert Penry-DaveyQueen's Bench Division12/11/1997
Sir Arthur William Hessin CharlesFamily Division12/01/1998
Sir David William SteelQueen's Bench Division19/01/1998
Sir Nicolas Dusan BratzaQueen's Bench Division30/10/1998
Sir Michael John BurtonQueen's Bench Division23/11/1998
Sir David Roderick Lessiter BodeyFamily Division12/01/1999
Dame Jill Margaret Black DBEFamily Division04/10/1999
Sir Stephen Robert SilberQueen's Bench Division03/12/1999
Dame Anne Judith Rafferty DBEQueen's Bench Division21/02/2000
Sir Richard Henry Quixano HenriquesQueen's Bench Division19/04/2000
Sir Stephen Miles TomlinsonQueen's Bench Division02/05/2000
Sir James Lawrence MunbyFamily Division22/05/2000
Sir Andrew Charles SmithQueen's Bench Division19/07/2000
Sir Christopher John PitchfordQueen's Bench Division28/09/2000
Sir Paul James Duke ColeridgeFamily Division28/09/2000
Sir Nicholas John PattenChancery Division02/10/2000
Sir Duncan Brian Walter OuseleyQueen's Bench Division02/11/2000
Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombeQueen's Bench Division11/01/2001
Sir Raymond Evan JackQueen's Bench Division11/01/2001
Sir Robert Michael OwenQueen's Bench Division15/01/2001
Sir Colin Crichton MackayQueen's Bench Division24/01/2001
Sir John Edward MittingQueen's Bench Division03/04/2001
Sir David Roderick EvansQueen's Bench Division23/04/2001
Sir Nigel Anthony Lamert DavisQueen's Bench Division01/10/2001
Sir Peter Henry GrossQueen's Bench Division01/10/2001
Sir Brian Richard KeithQueen's Bench Division02/10/2001
Sir Jeremy Lionel CookeQueen's Bench Division02/10/2001
Sir Richard Alan FieldQueen's Bench Division15/01/2002
Sir Mark HedleyFamily Division15/01/2002
Sir Peter Winston SmithChancery Division15/04/2002
Sir Colman Maurice TreacyQueen's Bench Division01/10/2002
Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo SimonQueen's Bench Division01/10/2002
Sir Roger John RoyceQueen's Bench Division21/10/2002
Dame Laura Mary Cox DBEQueen's Bench Division04/11/2002
Sir Adrian Bruce FulfordQueen's Bench Division21/11/2002
Sir Kim Martin Jordan LewisonChancery Division29/04/2003
Sir Jack BeatsonQueen's Bench Division29/04/2003
Sir Michael George TugendhatQueen's Bench Division29/04/2003
Sir David Anthony Stewart RichardsChancery Division01/10/2003
Sir David Clive ClarkeQueen's Bench Division01/10/2003
Dame Anna Evelyn Hamilton Pauffley DBEFamily Division01/10/2003
Sir Roderic Lionel James WoodFamily Division12/01/2004
Sir George Anthony MannChancery Division19/01/2004
Dame Florence Jacquelene Baron DBEFamily Division26/01/2004
Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBEQueen's Bench Division21/04/2004
Sir Ernest Nigel RyderFamily Division04/05/2004
Sir David Michael BeanQueen's Bench Division19/07/2004
Sir Alan Fraser WilkieQueen's Bench Division01/10/2004
Dame Linda Penelope Dobbs DBEQueen's Bench Division01/10/2004
Sir Paul James WalkerQueen's Bench Division15/11/2004
Sir David Calvert-SmithQueen's Bench Division11/01/2005
Sir Christopher Simon Courtnay Stephenson ClarkeQueen's Bench Division11/01/2005
Sir Nicholas Roger WarrenChancery Division18/04/2005
Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlaneFamily Division18/04/2005
Sir David James Tyson KitchinChancery Division03/10/2005
Sir Charles Peter Lawford OpenshawQueen's Bench Division03/10/2005
Dame Caroline Jane Swift DBEQueen's Bench Division03/10/2005
Sir Brian Frederick James LangstaffQueen's Bench Division03/10/2005
Sir David Lloyd JonesQueen's Bench Division03/10/2005
Dame Julia Wendy Macur DBEFamily Division03/10/2005
Sir Vivian Arthur RamseyQueen's Bench Division01/11/2005
Sir Nicholas Edward UnderhillQueen's Bench Division20/01/2006
Sir Stephen John IrwinQueen's Bench Division18/05/2006
Sir Michael Townley Featherstone BriggsChancery Division03/07/2006
Sir Nigel John Martin TeareQueen's Bench Division02/10/2006
Sir Launcelot Dinadin James HendersonChancery Division11/01/2007
Sir John Griffith WilliamsQueen's Bench Division11/01/2007
Sir Wyn Lewis WilliamsQueen's Bench Division11/01/2007
Sir Timothy Roger Alan KingQueen's Bench Division29/01/2007
Sir Andrew John Gregory MoylanFamily Division23/02/2007
Sir Paul Hyacinth MorganChancery Division19/04/2007
Sir John Henry Boulton SaundersQueen's Bench Division19/04/2007
Sir Julian Martin FlauxQueen's Bench Division14/05/2007
Sir Alastair Hubert NorrisChancery Division01/10/2007
Sir Nicholas Felix StadlenQueen's Bench Division02/10/2007
Sir Robert AkenheadQueen's Bench Division02/10/2007
Sir David Robert FoskettQueen's Bench Division02/10/2007
Sir Gerald Edward BarlingChancery Division05/11/2007
Sir Christopher David FloydChancery Division08/11/2007
Sir Nicholas John Gorrod BlakeQueen's Bench Division20/11/2007
Sir Ross Frederick CranstonQueen's Bench Division26/11/2007
Sir Peter David William CoulsonQueen's Bench Division14/01/2008
Sir David MaddisonQueen's Bench Division29/01/2008
Sir Richard Owen PlenderQueen's Bench Division31/01/2008
Sir William James Lynton BlairQueen's Bench Division27/02/2008
Dame Eleanor Warwick King DBEFamily Division04/04/2008
Sir Alistair Geoffrey MacDuffQueen's Bench Division15/04/2008
Sir Ian Duncan BurnettQueen's Bench Division12/05/2008
Dame Judith Mary Frances Parker DBEFamily Division13/06/2008
Sir Philip James SalesChancery Division01/10/2008
Dame Sonia Rosemary Susan Proudman DBEChancery Division01/10/2008
Sir Richard David ArnoldChancery Division01/10/2008
Sir Nigel Hamilton SweeneyQueen's Bench Division01/10/2008
Dame Elizabeth Ann Slade DBEQueen's Bench Division09/10/2008
Sir Nicholas Archibald HamblenQueen's Bench Division19/11/2008
Sir Gary Robert HickinbottomQueen's Bench Division13/01/2009
Sir Timothy Victor HolroydeQueen's Bench Division13/01/2009
Dame Victoria Madeline Sharp DBEQueen's Bench Division13/01/2009
Sir Andrew George Lindsay NicolQueen's Bench Division04/02/2009
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