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The ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are the Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal. These judges serve with the ex officio members of the court:

Judges of the Court of Appeal are made members of the Privy Council within months of appointment, enabling them to serve as members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and entitling them to the style The Right Honourable.

The Senior Courts Act 1981 limited in principle the total number of Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal;[1] it was raised by one to 39 by The Maximum Number of Judges Order 2015 (the Act allows for such Orders). The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 mandated that, along with other senior judges throughout the UK, they retired at 70 years of age (save for judges appointed before 31 March 1995 who had to retire at 75). However, the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 amended the 1993 Act to restore the retirement age of 75 for all judges, whenever appointed.[2]

Ex officio judges

These are the ex officio judges of the Court of Appeal excepting the qualifying justices of the Supreme Court (the judges appointed from England and Wales); they are listed at Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom:

Office Judge Alma mater Mandatory retirement Date of appointment Prior roles
1Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill Trinity College, Cambridge September 1, 2039 October 1, 2023 Court of Appeal (21 April 2020)
Queen's Bench (14 June 2013)
2Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge April 22, 2030 January 11, 2021 Chancellor (24 October 2016) Court of Appeal (1 October 2013)
Chancery Division (27 October 2009)
3President of the King's Bench Division Dame Victoria Sharp University of Bristol February 8, 2031 June 23, 2019 Court of Appeal (1 October 2013)
Queen's Bench (13 January 2009)
4President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane Collingwood College, Durham June 20, 2029 July 28, 2018 Court of Appeal (28 July 2011)
Family Division (18 April 2005)
5Chancellor of the High Court Sir Julian Flaux Worcester College, Oxford May 11, 2030 February 3, 2021 Court of Appeal (8 December 2016)
Queen's Bench (14 April 2007)

List of judges of the Court of Appeal

As of 15 December 2023 there are 36 Judges on the court: 27 Lord Justices of Appeal and 9 Lady Justices of Appeal.[3]

Lord/Lady Justice Alma mater Mandatory
retirement		 Date of
appointment		 High Court
appointment		 High Court
division		 Other roles
1 Sir Kim Lewison Downing College, Cambridge May 1, 2027 October 3, 2011 April 29, 2003 Chancery
2 Sir Nicholas Underhill New College, Oxford May 12, 2027 April 9, 2013 January 20, 2006 Queen's

Bench

Vice-President of the Civil Division
3 Dame Julia Macur University of Sheffield April 17, 2032 July 31, 2013 October 3, 2005 Family
4 Sir David Bean Trinity Hall, Cambridge March 25, 2029 October 1, 2014 July 19, 2004 Queen's

Bench

5 Dame Eleanor King University of Hull September 13, 2032 October 1, 2014 April 4, 2008 Family Chair of the Judicial College
6 Sir Keith Lindblom St John's College, Oxford September 20, 2031 November 2, 2015 October 4, 2010 Queen's Bench Senior President of Tribunals
7 Dame Kathryn [Kate] Thirlwall University of Bristol
Northumbria University 		November 21, 2032 February 1, 2017 April 13, 2010 Queen's

Bench

8 Sir Andrew Moylan University of Oxford June 23, 2028 March 29, 2017 February 23, 2007 Family
9 Sir Timothy Holroyde Wadham College, Oxford August 18, 2030 October 2, 2017 January 13, 2009 Queen's

Bench

Vice-President of the Criminal Division.
10 Sir Peter Jackson Brasenose College, Oxford December 9, 2030 October 2, 2017 October 1, 2010 Family
11 Sir Guy Newey Queens' College, Cambridge January 21, 2034 October 2, 2017 January 12, 2010 Chancery
12 Sir Rabinder Singh Trinity College, Cambridge
University of California, Berkeley 		March 6, 2039 October 2, 2017 October 3, 2011 Queen's Bench President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
13 Dame Sarah Asplin Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
St Edmund Hall, Oxford 		September 16, 2034 October 2, 2017 October 1, 2012 Chancery
14 Sir Peter Coulson University of Keele March 31, 2033 March 8, 2018 January 14, 2008 Queen's Bench
15 Sir Jonathan Baker St John's College, Cambridge August 5, 2030 October 1, 2018 November 2, 2009 Family
16 Dame Nicola Davies University of Birmingham March 13, 2028 October 1, 2018 January 22, 2010 Queen's Bench
17 Sir Charles Haddon-Cave Pembroke College, Cambridge March 20, 2031 October 1, 2018 October 31, 2011 Queen's Bench
18 Sir Nicholas Green University of Leicester
University of Toronto
University of Southampton 		October 14, 2033 October 1, 2018 October 1, 2013 Queen's Bench
19 Sir Stephen Males St John's College, Cambridge November 23, 2030 January 14, 2019 October 1, 2012 Queen's Bench
20 Sir Richard Arnold Magdalen College, Oxford
University of Westminster 		June 23, 2036 October 1, 2019 October 1, 2008 Chancery
21 Sir Andrew Popplewell Downing College, Cambridge January 14, 2034 October 19, 2019 October 3, 2011 Queen's Bench
22 Sir James Dingemans Mansfield College, Oxford June 25, 2039 October 21, 2019 June 10, 2013 Queen's Bench
23 Sir Stephen Phillips University College, Oxford October 10, 2036 January 13, 2020 October 1, 2013 Queen’s Bench
24 Sir Jeremy Stuart-Smith Corpus Christi College, Cambridge January 18, 2030 October 1, 2020 October 2, 2012 Queen’s Bench
25 Dame Geraldine Andrews King's College London April 19, 2034 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2013 Queen’s Bench
26 Sir Christopher Nugee Corpus Christi College, Oxford January 23, 2034 October 1, 2020 October 1, 2013 Chancery
27 Sir Clive Lewis Churchill College, Cambridge June 13, 2035 October 1, 2020 June 13, 2013 Queen’s Bench
28 Dame Elisabeth Laing Newnham College, Cambridge November 19, 2031 October 28, 2020 April 29, 2014 Queen’s Bench
29 Sir Colin Birss Downing College, Cambridge January 28, 2039 January 25, 2021 May 13, 2013 Chancery Deputy Head of Civil Justice
30 Sir Andrew Edis University College Oxford November 9, 2032 January 27, 2021 October 1, 2014 Queen's Bench Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales
31 Sir Mark Warby St John's College Oxford October 10, 2033 February 3, 2021 June 10, 2014 Queen's Bench
32 Sir William Davis Queen Mary University of London June 20, 2029 October 1, 2021 May 1, 2014 Queen's Bench Chairman of the Sentencing Council
33 Sir Richard Snowden Downing College Cambridge March 20, 2037 October 1, 2021 April 30, 2015 Chancery
34 Dame Philippa Whipple Merton College Oxford May 7, 2041 November 15, 2021 October 1, 2015 Queen's Bench
35 Dame Sarah Falk Sidney Sussex College Cambridge June 1, 2037 November 2, 2022 October 1, 2018 Chancery
36 Sir Peter Fraser St John's College Cambridge September 6, 2038 December 15, 2023 October 1, 2015 King's Bench Chairman of the Law Commission

See also

References

  1. ^ Senior Courts Act 1981, s 2. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Senior Judiciary". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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