Julia Dias
The Honourable Mrs Justice Dias | |
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Justice of the High Court | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 20 March 2023 | |
Appointed by | Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | (1959-01-31) 31 January 1959 (age 65) Cambridge, England |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall |
Dame Julia Amanda Dias DBE (b. Cambridge, UK 31 January 1959)[1] is a British High Court judge.[2]
Personal life
Dias was born in Cambridge on 31 January 1959. She attended Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, later studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1981.[1] Dias married in 1983 and has one son and one daughter.[1] She is fluent in French and Russian.[3]
Career
Dias was called to the Bar in 1982[4] by Inner Temple,[5] spending her early years in law as an Assistante Associée at the Paris Institute of Comparative Law.[2]
Dias joined the London-based chambers 7KBW in 1985 as the first female tenant, working in specialist commercial practice.[2] She was called to the Gibraltar Bar in 1994.[3]
She took silk in 2008, granting her the title KC (then QC).[6]
She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018[2] assigned to the Chancery division.[4] and High Court judge on 20 March 2023,[7] assigned to the King's Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.[5]
Dias received the customary[clarification needed] damehood in 2023.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Dias, Julia Amanda, (Mrs S. J. Orford), (born 31 Jan. 1959), KC; barrister; a Deputy High Court Judge, since 2018". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246930. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b c d "High Court Judges 2021". Judicial Appointments Commission. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b "Julia Dias KC". 7KBW. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "QC/KC | Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "HC Appointment | Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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