Igor Judge, Baron Judge
President of the Queen's Bench Division | |
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In office 3 October 2005 – 1 October 2008 | |
Deputy | Sir Anthony May |
Preceded by | The Lord Woolf (as Lord Chief Justice) |
Succeeded by | Sir Anthony May |
Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
In office 2003–2005 | |
Lord Chief Justice | The Lord Woolf |
Preceded by | Sir Tasker Watkins[a] |
Succeeded by | None[a] |
Personal details | |
Born | Igor Judge 19 May 1941 professor of law |
a. ^ Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position. | |
Igor Judge, Baron Judge,
Early life and education
Judge was born in
Legal career
Judge was
Judge was the
On 3 October 2005, he was appointed the first
Judge replaced Lord Phillips as Lord Chief Justice on 1 October 2008.[9] The same day, he was created a life peer as Baron Judge, of Draycote in the County of Warwickshire,[10] and he was introduced to the House of Lords five days later,[11] where he sat as a crossbencher.
In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University,[12] and in 2010 was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University as well as Kingston University. On 20 June 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge.[13]
Judge retired as Lord Chief Justice at the end of September 2013.[14] He was Treasurer to the Middle Temple for the year 2014.[15]
From November 2013 until his death in November 2023, Judge served as a distinguished visitor to The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London.[16]
Parliament
Judge succeeded
Personal life and death
Judge had a son and two daughters.[18]
Judge died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 82.[19]
Arms
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See also
References
- ^ "President of the Courts of England and Wales". Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Part 2, section 7. Office of Public Sector Information. 2005. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ "Lord Judge". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Senior Judiciary Biographies – Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales". Judiciary of England and Wales. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "No. 51500". The London Gazette. 13 October 1988. p. 11473.
- ^ "No. 51565". The London Gazette. 20 December 1988. p. 14252.
- ^ "No. 54419". The London Gazette. 7 June 1996. p. 7803.
- ^ "No. 57779". The London Gazette. 7 October 2005. p. 12972.
- ^ "Head of Criminal Justice" (Press release). Judiciary of England and Wales. 31 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ^ "No. 58843". The London Gazette. 6 October 2008. p. 15221.
- ^ "No. 58845". The London Gazette. 7 October 2008. p. 15299.
- ^ House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 6 October 2008 Archived 26 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Honorary graduates A-Z". Nottingham Trent University. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees 2012". University of Cambridge. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice, to Retire Next Summer" (Press release). Judiciary of England and Wales. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Middle Temple: Officers of the Inn Archived 20 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 February 2014)
- ^ "King's College London – Dickson Poon School of Law welcomes Lord Judge". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Lord Judge". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3184.
- ^ Telegraph, Obituaries (8 November 2023). "Lord Judge, brilliant Lord Chief Justice and unflinching champion of a free press – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3184.