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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
On 3 October 2005, he was appointed
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]] in 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]].
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