A batch of 21 Deputy High Court Judges has been appointed to office by the Lord Chief Justice. The 21 will sit for a single fixed four-year term.
All but two of the appointees are QCs. Seven of them are women. Five of them initially qualified as solicitors, including a former partner at Linklaters who moved to the Bar, a former partner at another City law firm who moved to the Bar, and the current global head of brands at Allen & Overy.
Five of them were the first in their families to go to university.
While most went straight to the Bar, two had prior careers, in the civil service and as a scientist working in cancer research. The sitting requirement is up to 30 days per year, normally in blocks of one or two weeks. Their appointment follows an open competition run by the Judicial Appointments Commission.
