Igor Judge, Baron Judge

The Lord Judge
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
1 October 2008 – 7 November 2023
Convenor of the Crossbench Peers
In office
1 October 2019 – 27 April 2023
Preceded byThe Lord Hope of Craighead
Succeeded byThe Earl of Kinnoull
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
In office
1 October 2008 – 30 September 2013
Nominated byJack Straw
Appointed byElizabeth II
Preceded byThe Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Succeeded byThe Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
President of the Queen's Bench Division
In office
3 October 2005 – 1 October 2008
DeputySir Anthony May
Preceded byThe Lord Woolf (as Lord Chief Justice)
Succeeded bySir Anthony May
Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
In office
2003–2005
Lord Chief JusticeThe Lord Woolf
Preceded bySir Tasker Watkins[a]
Succeeded byNone[a]
Personal details
Born
Igor Judge

(1941-05-19)19 May 1941
Valletta, British Malta
Died7 November 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 82)
London, England
Political partyCrossbencher
Parent
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation
a. ^ Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position.

Igor Judge, Baron Judge, 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,[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "President of the Courts of England and Wales". Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Part 2, section 7. Office of Public Sector Information. 2005. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Lord Judge". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.