Igor Judge

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Sir Igor Judge (born 19 May 1941) is a British judge.

Judge was born in Malta. His parents were Raymond and Rosa Judge (née Micallef). He was educated at St. Edward's College, Cottonera and Oratory School, Woodcote. He studied history and law at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1963. He became a Recorder in 1976 and a Queen's Counsel in 1979. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division in 1988, and awarded the customary knighthood, and promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1996, and became a Privy Councillor.

He was the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from 1998 to 2003, when he became Deputy Lord Chief Justice. He was not appointed as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales following the retirement of Lord Woolf of Barnes in 2005 despite having served as his deputy. The then Master of the Rolls, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers was appointed instead.

He was appointed as the first President of the Queen's Bench Division in 2005 when that post was split from that of Lord Chief Justice. In addition to his role as President of the Queen's Bench Division, Judge was appointed Head of Criminal Justice in January 2007.^[1]

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1. ^ Media Releases - Head of Criminal Justice. Judicial Communications Office (2007=01-31).

[edit] External links

• Information About The Court of Appeal Civil Division from the Courts Service
• Senior judiciary biographies - President of the Queen's Bench Division
• Malta genealogy