13 Facts About Lord Judge

Lord Judge was previously President of the Queen's Bench Division, at the time a newly created post assuming responsibilities transferred from the office of Lord Chief Justice.

Lord Judge was born in Malta to Raymond and Rosa Lord Judge.

Lord Judge was educated at St Edward's College, Malta, from 1947 to 1954 and The Oratory School in Woodcote in Oxfordshire from 1954 to 1959, where he was Captain of School and Captain of Cricket.

Lord Judge was awarded an Open Exhibition to study History and Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1959, and he graduated BA in 1962.

Lord Judge was called to the bar in 1963 and became a Recorder in 1976 and Queen's Counsel in 1979.

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On 10 October 1988, Lord Judge was appointed a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, and awarded the customary knighthood.

Lord Judge was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, a judge of the Court of Appeal, on 4 June 1996, becoming a Privy Counsellor.

Lord Judge was the Senior Presiding Judge from 1998 to 2003, when he became Deputy Chief Justice.

Lord Judge was not appointed as Lord Chief Justice following the retirement of Lord Woolf in 2005 despite having served as his deputy.

Lord Judge was appointed as the first President of the Queen's Bench Division on 3 October 2005, when that post was split from that of Lord Chief Justice.

In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University, and in 2010 was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University as well as Kingston University.

Lord Judge retired as Lord Chief Justice at the end of September 2013.

Lord Judge was Treasurer to the Middle Temple for the year 2014.