Igor Judge
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The Right Honourable The Lord Judge PC |
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Igor Judge, 10 July 2007
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| Lord Chief Justice and President of the Courts of England and Wales | |
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In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2013 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers |
| Succeeded by | Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd |
| President of the Queen's Bench Division | |
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In office 3 October 2005 – 1 October 2008 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 2003–2005 |
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| Lord Chief Justice | The Lord Woolf |
| Preceded by | Sir Tasker Watkins |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 May 1941 Malta |
| Relations | Rosa Judge (mother) |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister, Jurist, Queen's Counsel, Judge, Privy Councillor, Peer of the (British) Realm, Crossbencher, Professor of Law [1] |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| a. ^ Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position. | |
Igor Judge, Baron Judge PC (born 19 May 1941) is a former English judge who served as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the head of the judiciary, from 2008 to 2013. He 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.
Judge was born in Malta to Raymond and Rosa Judge (née Micallef). 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. He was awarded an Open Exhibition to study History and Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1959, and he graduated BA in 1962.
He was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1963 and became a Recorder in 1976 and Queen's Counsel in 1979. From 1980 to 1986, he served on the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Council. In 1987, he was elected Leader of the Midland Circuit. On 10 October 1988, Judge was appointed a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, and awarded the customary knighthood. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, a judge of the Court of Appeal, on 4 June 1996, becoming a Privy Counsellor.
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