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{{Short description|English judge (1941–2023)}}
'''Igor Judge, Baron Judge''' (born [[19 May]] [[1941]]) is the [[Lord Chief Justice|Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]].
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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Lord Judge
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC|PC}}
| image = Official portrait of Lord Judge crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2018
| office = [[Member of the House of Lords]]
| status = [[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start = 1 October 2008
| term_end = 7 November 2023
| term_label = [[Life peer]]age
| office1 = [[Convenor of the Crossbench Peers]]
| term_start1 = 1 October 2019
| term_end1 = 27 April 2023
| predecessor1 = [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead|The Lord Hope of Craighead]]
| successor1 = [[Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull|The Earl of Kinnoull]]
| office2 = [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]
| term_start2 = 1 October 2008
| term_end2 = 30 September 2013
| nominator2 = [[Jack Straw]]
| appointer2 = [[Elizabeth II]]
| predecessor2 = [[Nick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]]
| successor2 = [[John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd|The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd]]
| office3 = [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]]
| term_start3 = 3 October 2005
| term_end3 = 1 October 2008
| predecessor3 = [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|The Lord Woolf]] {{nowrap|(as Lord Chief Justice)}}
| successor3 = [[Anthony May (judge)|Sir Anthony May]]
| deputy3 = Sir Anthony May
| office4 = Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
| 1blankname4 = {{nowrap|Lord Chief Justice}}
| 1namedata4 = The Lord Woolf
| predecessor4 = [[Tasker Watkins|Sir Tasker Watkins]]{{Ref label|aaa|a}}
| successor4 = None{{Ref label|aaa|a}}
| term_start4 = 2003
| term_end4 = 2005
| birth_name = Igor Judge
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|5|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Valletta]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|British Malta]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|11|7|1941|5|19|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
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| party = [[Crossbencher]]
| spouse =
| mother = [[Rosa Judge]]
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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''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KC|PC}} (19 May 1941 – 7 November 2023), was an English judge who served as [[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]], 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 lord chief justice. From 2019 to 2023, he served as [[Convenor of the Crossbench Peers]] 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>
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|Oratory School, Woodcote]]. He studied history and law at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]].
 
==Early life and education==
He was called to the [[barrister|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 (as '''Mr Justice Judge'''), and awarded the customary [[knighthood]], and promoted to the [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]] in 1996 (as '''Lord Justice Judge'''), becoming a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]].
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==
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|Lord Chief Justice]] following the retirement of [[Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf|Lord Woolf]] in 2005 despite having served as his deputy. The then [[Master of the Rolls]], [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]], was appointed instead.
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; [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers|Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers]], then [[Master of the Rolls]], was appointed instead.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications_media/media_releases/2007/0607.htm |title=Media Releases - Head of Criminal Justice |publisher=Judicial Communications Office |date=2007=01-31 |dateaccessed=2008-04-14}}</ref>
 
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>
It was announced on [[7 July]] [[2008]] that he would replace Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales on [[1 October]] [[2008]]. On [[4 September]] 2008 it was announced that Sir Igor was to be elevated to the [[Peerage]] as a Life Peer. In consequence, he is eligible to sit as a member of the Judicial Committee of the [[House of Lords]].<ref>http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16738</ref> His successor as [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]] is [[Anthony May (judge)|Sir Anthony May]].
 
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 Warwickshire'',<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58845 |date=7 October 2008 |page=15299}}</ref> and he was [[Introduction (House of Lords)|introduced]] to 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]].
== References ==
 
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=20 June 2012|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|access-date=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>
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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>
==External links==
* [http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1287.htm Information About The Court of Appeal Civil Division] from the [[Courts Service]]
* [http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/keyfacts/list_judiciary/biographies/president_qb.htm Senior judiciary biographies - President of the Queen's Bench Division]
* [http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/2005.htm Malta genealogy]
 
From November 2013 until his death in November 2023, Judge served as a distinguished visitor 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>
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==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.<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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|escutcheon = Quarterly Argent and Gules a cross couped nowy round pierced and parted counterchanged and enclosing a roundel Or.
|crest = A bear sejant erect Gules grasping with both forepaws a sword erect Argent hilt pommel and quillons Or.
|supporters = On either side a heraldic dolphin Argent finned Or and holding in the beak a scroll Argent tied and sealed Gules.
|badge = Two heraldic dolphins erect and addorsed Argent finned and crowned with an ancient crown Or.
|motto = Sine Amore Nihil<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3184}}</ref>}}
 
==See also==
*[[Nominative determinism]]
 
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