Lord Judge

Lord Judge is an English judge and the current Lord Chief Justice, head of the English judiciary. Lord Judge was a High Court Judge between 1988-1996 and a Lord Justice of Appeal between 1996-2005. From 2005-2008, he was the first President of the Queens Bench Division. In 2008 he was appointed Lord Chief Justice.

Lord Judge was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1963, became a Recorder in 1976 and a Queen's Counsel in 1979. In 1988 he was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division as a High Court Judge. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1996 and Deputy Lord Chief Justice in 2003. In 2005, with post 'President of the Queen's Bench Division' and Lord Judge was appointed as the first to hold the position. He was promoted to Lord Chief Justice in 2008.