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{{Short description|English judge
{{Redirect|Lord Judge|
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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| 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]]▼
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|nominator1 = [[Jack Straw]]▼
|predecessor1 = [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]]▼
| term_start2 = 1 October 2008
| term_end2 = 30 September 2013
|office2 = [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]]▼
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▲|office3 = Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
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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 = [[Valletta]], [[Crown Colony of Malta]]▼
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|alma_mater = [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]▼
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|footnotes = a. {{note|aaa}} Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position.▼
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'''Igor Judge, Baron Judge''', {{
==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
==Legal career==
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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 County of
In 2007 Lord Judge was awarded an
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>
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==Personal life and death==
Judge had a son and two daughters
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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