Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon

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Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1958-02-28) 28 February 1958 (age 66)
Worthing, Sussex, England[1]
SpouseCaroline Ruth Monks (m. 1991)
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford

Ian Duncan Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon,

PC (born 28 February 1958), is a British judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
from 2017 to 2023.

Early life and education

Burnett was born on 28 February 1958. He was educated at St John's College, Portsmouth, and studied jurisprudence at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he became an honorary fellow in 2008.[2]

Legal career

He was called to the bar at

Kings Cross fire, the convictions of the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, the 1997 Southall and 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail crashes, and the inquests into the 1997 deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed.[3]

Burnett was an assistant

Lord Justice of Appeal
.

It was announced in July 2017 that he would replace Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2 October 2017.[5]

Aged 59, he became the youngest Lord Chief Justice since

County of Essex, on 30 October 2017.[7][8]

In November 2022, Burnett announced his intention to retire as Lord Chief Justice from 30 September 2023.[9] He was succeeded by Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill as Lady Chief Justice.[10]

Personal life

He married Caroline Ruth Monks in 1991, and they have one son and one daughter.[2]

References

  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007.
  2. ^
    Who's Who 2017
    , A. & C. Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "No. 58700". The London Gazette. 16 May 2008. p. 7469.
  4. ^ "No. 58876". The London Gazette. 7 November 2008. p. 17275.
  5. ^ "Appointment of new Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales". 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Life peerages: 12 October 2017". HM Government. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Lord Burnett of Maldon". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. ^ "No. 62098". The London Gazette. 2 November 2017. p. 20162.
  9. ^ "The Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales today announces his forthcoming retirement from the judiciary". Courts & Tribunals Judiciary. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Appointment of Lord Chief Justice: 15 June 2023". Retrieved 15 June 2023.
Legal offices
Preceded by Lord Chief Justice
2017–2023
Succeeded byas Lady Chief Justice
Order of precedence in England and Wales
Preceded by
Gentlemen

Baron Burnett of Maldon
Succeeded by