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Mrs Justice Dias
Justice of the High Court

Incumbent

Assumed office
20 March 2023
Appointed byCharles III
Personal details
Born (1959-01-31) 31 January 1959 (age 65)
Cambridge, England
Alma materTrinity Hall

Dame Julia Amanda Dias DBE (born 31 January 1959)[1] is a British High Court judge.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Dias was born in Cambridge on 31 January 1959. She attended Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, later studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Dias graduated from Trinity Hall in 1981.[1]

Dias married in 1983 and has one son and one daughter.[1]

She is fluent in French and Russian.[3]

Career[edit]

Dias was called to the Bar in 1982[4]byInner 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]

She was appointed a High Court judge on 20 March 2023[7] and assigned to the King's Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.[5]

She received the customary[clarification needed] damehoodin2023.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Dias&oldid=1193027897"

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