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{{Short description|English judge and Lord Chief Justice (1941–2023)}}
{{Redirect|Lord Judge|Lordlord Justicesjustices|Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name name = The Lord Judge
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominalspost-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC|PC}}
| image = Official portrait of Lord Judge crop 2, 2019.jpg
|caption caption = JudgeOfficial inportrait, 20192018
| office = [[Crossbencher#United Kingdom|ConvenorMember of the CrossbenchHouse of PeersLords]]
|term_start status = 1 October 2019 = [[Lord Temporal]]
|term_end term_start = 271 AprilOctober 20232008
| term_end = 7 November 2023
|predecessor = [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead|The Lord Hope of Craighead]]▼
| term_label = [[Life peer]]age
|successor = [[Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull|The Earl of Kinnoull]]▼
| office1 = [[Lord Chief JusticeConvenor of Englandthe andCrossbench WalesPeers]]
|term_start1 term_start1 = 1 October 20082019
|term_end1 term_end1 = 3027 SeptemberApril 20132023
▲|predecessor predecessor1 = [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead|The Lord Hope of Craighead]]
|nominator1 = [[Jack Straw]]▼
▲|successor successor1 = [[Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull|The Earl of Kinnoull]]
|appointer1 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|office3 office2 = Deputy[[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]▼
|predecessor1 = [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]]▼
| term_start2 = 1 October 2008
|successor1 = [[John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd|The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd]]
| term_end2 = 30 September 2013
|office2 = [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]]▼
|term_start2 nominator2 = 3= October[[Jack 2005Straw]]
|term_end2 appointer2 = 1 October[[Elizabeth 2008II]]
▲|predecessor1 predecessor2 = [[NicholasNick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|The Lord Phillips of Worth  Matravers]]
|deputy2 = [[Anthony May (judge)|Sir Anthony May]]
|predecessor2 successor2 = [[HarryJohn WoolfThomas, Baron Woolf|TheThomas Lordof Woolf]]<br>{{smallCwmgiedd|(asThe Lord ChiefThomas Justice)}}of Cwmgiedd]]
▲|office2 office3 = [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]]
|successor2 = Sir Anthony May
| term_start3 = 20033 October 2005▼
▲|office3 = Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
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|1namedata3 predecessor3 = [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|The Lord Woolf]] {{nowrap|(as Lord Chief Justice)}}
|predecessor3 successor3 = [[TaskerAnthony WatkinsMay (judge)|Sir TaskerAnthony WatkinsMay]]{{Ref label|aaa|a}}
|successor3 deputy3 = None{{RefSir Anthony label|aaa|a}}May
| office4 = Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
▲|term_start3 = 2003
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|term_end3 = 2005▼
| 1namedata4 = The Lord Woolf
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|5|19|df=y}} ▼
| predecessor4 = [[Tasker Watkins|Sir Tasker Watkins]]{{Ref label|aaa|a}}
|birth_place = [[Colony of Malta]]▼
|death_date successor4 = None{{DeathRef date and agelabel|2023aaa|11|7|1941|5|19|df=ya}}
| term_start4 = 2003
|death_place = [[London]], England
|restingplace term_end4 = 2005
|birthname birth_name = Igor Judge
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|5|19|df=y}}
|nationality = [[British]]
▲| birth_place = [[Valletta]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|British Malta]]
|spouse =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|11|7|1941|5|19|df=y}}
|relations = [[Rosa Judge]] (mother)
|children death_place = London, = England
|residence restingplace =
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|alma_mater = [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]▼
▲|nominator1 party = [[Jack StrawCrossbencher]]
|occupation = [[Barrister]], [[Jurist]], [[Queen's Counsel]], [[Judge]], [[Privy Councillor]], [[House of Lords of the United Kingdom|Peer of the (British) Realm]], [[Crossbencher]], Professor of Law [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-judge/3867 ]
|profession spouse =
|signature mother = [[Rosa Judge]]
|website children =
| residence =
|footnotes = a. {{note|aaa}} Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position.▼
▲|alma_mater alma_mater = [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]
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▲|term_end3 website = 2005
▲| footnotes = a. {{note|aaa}} ||Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position.}}
}}
 
'''Igor Judge, Baron Judge''', {{postnominalspost-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KC|PC}} (19 May 1941 – 7 November 2023), was an English judge who served as the [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]], the head of the judiciary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050004_en_2#pt2-pb4-l1g7|title=President of the Courts of England and Wales|work=[[Constitutional Reform Act 2005|Constitutional Reform Act 2005]], Part 2, section 7]]|year=2005|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]]|access-date=3 January 2010|archive-date=7 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107014955/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050004_en_2#pt2-pb4-l1g7|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 Lordlord Chiefchief Justicejustice. From 2019 to 2023, he served as [[Crossbencher#Convenor|Convenor]] of the [[Crossbencher|Crossbench peersPeers]] in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-judge/3867|title=Lord Judge|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009073733/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-judge/3867|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Early life and education==
Judge was born in [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]] on 19 May 1941,<ref name="lcj">{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/biographies/biography-lcj |title=Senior Judiciary Biographies – Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |access-date=18 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120225815/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/biographies/biography-lcj |archive-date=20 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="lcj"/> He was awarded an Open Exhibition to study History and Law at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], in 1959, and he graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1962.<ref name="lcj"/>
 
==Legal career==
Judge Judge was [[called to the bar]] ([[Middle Temple]]) in 1963 and became a [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] in 1976 and [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1979.<ref name="lcj" /> From 1980 to 1986, he served on the Professional Conduct Committee of the [[General Council of the Bar|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 of Justice|High Court]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51500 |page=11473 |date=13 October 1988}}</ref> assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]], and awarded the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].<ref name="lcj" /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51565 |date=20 December 1988 |page=14252}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Lord Justice of Appeal]], a judge of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]], on 4 June 1996,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54419 |page=7803 |date=7 June 1996}}</ref> becoming a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privyprivy Counsellorcounsellor]].<ref name="lcj" />▼
[[File:Lord Judge Death Notice.png|left|thumb|Death Notice released by Middle Temple on 8th November 2023.]]
▲Judge Judge was [[called to the bar]] ([[Middle Temple]]) in 1963 and became a [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] in 1976 and [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1979.<ref name="lcj" /> From 1980 to 1986, he served on the Professional Conduct Committee of the [[General Council of the Bar|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 of Justice|High Court]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51500 |page=11473 |date=13 October 1988}}</ref> assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]], and awarded the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].<ref name="lcj" /><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51565 |date=20 December 1988 |page=14252}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Lord Justice of Appeal]], a judge of the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]], on 4 June 1996,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54419 |page=7803 |date=7 June 1996}}</ref> becoming a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]].<ref name="lcj" />
 
Judge was the [[Senior Presiding Judge]] from 1998 to 2003,<ref name="lcj"/> when he became Deputy Chief Justice. He was not appointed [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]] following the retirement of [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|Lord Woolf]] in 2005 despite having served as his deputy. The; [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]], then [[Master of the Rolls]], was appointed instead.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
 
On 3 October 2005, he was appointed the first [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57779 |page=12972 |date=7 October 2005}}</ref> when that post was split from that of Lord Chief Justice. In addition to that role, Judge was appointed Head of Criminal Justice in January 2007.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/media_releases/2007/0607.htm |title=Head of Criminal Justice |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206105253/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/media_releases/2007/0607.htm |archive-date=6 February 2008}}</ref>
 
Judge replaced Lord Phillips as Lord Chief Justice on 1 October 2008.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58843 |page=15221 |date=6 October 2008}}</ref> The same day, he was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Judge''', of [[Draycote]] in the countyCounty of [[Warwickshire]]'',<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58845 |date=7 October 2008 |page=15299}}</ref> and he was [[Introduction (House of Lords)|introduced]] into the [[House of Lords]] five days later,<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/minutes/081007/ldordpap.htm#minproc House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 6 October 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026015240/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/minutes/081007/ldordpap.htm#minproc |date=26 October 2016 }}. Retrieved 14 August 2012.</ref> where he sat as a [[crossbencher]].
 
In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] from [[Nottingham Trent University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntualumni.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=316&srcid=292 |title=Honorary graduates A-Z |publisher=[[Nottingham Trent University]] |access-date=1 March 2010 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722234547/http://www.ntualumni.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=316&srcid=292 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2010 was made an Honorary Fellow of [[Aberystwyth University]] as well as [[Kingston University]]. On 20 June 2012 he received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees 2012|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2012|date=2012-06-20 June 2012|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23 May 2020|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122143132/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Judge retired as Lord Chief Justice at the end of September 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/lcj-retire-next-summer |title=Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice, to Retire Next Summer |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-date=2 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202081402/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/lcj-retire-next-summer |url-status=live }}</ref> He was Treasurer to the [[Middle Temple]] for the year 2014.<ref>[http://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/governance/officers-of-the-inn/ Middle Temple: Officers of the Inn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220022520/http://www.middletemple.org.uk/about-us/governance/officers-of-the-inn/ |date=20 February 2014 }} (Retrieved 2 February 2014)</ref>
 
From November 2013 until his death in November 2023, Lord Judge served as a Distinguisheddistinguished Visitorvisitor to [[The Dickson Poon School of Law]] at [[King's College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2013/10-October/Dickson-Poon-School-of-Law-welcomes-Lord-Judge.aspx|title=King's College London -– Dickson Poon School of Law welcomes Lord Judge|access-date=11 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103802/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2013/10-October/Dickson-Poon-School-of-Law-welcomes-Lord-Judge.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Parliament==
[[File:Lord_Judge_(51111275854).jpg|thumb|left|300px|Judge speaks from the crossbenches in 2021]]
Judge succeeded [[Lord Hope of Craighead]] as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-judge/3867|title=Lord Judge|publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
 
==Personal life and death==
Judge had a son and two daughters. Helen was born in 1966 and married Timothy Noble in 1991. She gave birth to daughters Lucinda (1994) and Amelia (1996). Alastair was born in 1968 and married Kate Holcroft in 1998. Their own children are Cecelia (2005) and Benedict (2006). Emma was born in 1970.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3184}}</ref>
 
Judge died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Telegraph |first1=Obituaries |title=Lord Judge, brilliant Lord Chief Justice and unflinching champion of a free press – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/11/08/lord-igor-judge-lord-chief-justice-champion-free-press/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=8 November 2023}}</ref>
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==Arms==
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|motto = Sine Amore Nihil<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3184}}</ref>}}
 
==See also==
*[[Nominative determinism]]
 
==References==
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