Victoria Sharp
Dame Victoria Sharp DBE | |
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President of the Queen's Bench Division | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
High Court Judge | |
In office 2009–2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 February 1956 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Bristol[1] |
Dame Victoria Madeleine Sharp, DBE, QC (born 8 February 1956) is the President of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
Early life[]
She is the daughter of Lord Sharp of Grimsdyke.[2] Her twin brother is Richard Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker, and Chairman of the BBC from February 2021.[3] She is Jewish.[4] She was educated at North London Collegiate School and the University of Bristol.[5][6]
Career[]
Sharp was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1979. She became a Recorder in 1998, and a QC in 2001.[5]
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), as is customary, on her appointment as a Justice of the High Court on 13 January 2009.[7]
She was Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit from 2012 to 2013 and was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal in 2013.[8] She became Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division on 1 January 2016, succeeding Sir Nigel Davis. She became President of the Queen's Bench Division from 23 June 2019[9] succeeding Sir Brian Leveson.[9]
Personal life[]
Sharp married a doctor, and they had four children in five years.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Biographies of the Court of Appeal judges". www.judiciary.uk.
- ^ Who's Who 2019.
- ^ Bland, Archie (6 January 2021). "Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp to be next BBC chairman". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Reporter, Jewish News. "Former banker Richard Sharp to take over as BBC chairman". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Appointment of Deputy Head of Criminal Justice". www.judiciary.uk.
- ^ Profile, theguardian.com; accessed 26 March 2014.
- ^ England & Wales Senior Judiciary; accessed 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Appointment of the President of the Queen's Bench Division". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Press release Appointment of the President of the Queen's Bench Division: 5 April 2019". Prime Minister's Press Office. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Clarke, David (15 July 2014). "Rt Hon. Lady Justice Sharp, DBE". University of Bristol. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- English Queen's Counsel
- English women judges
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Daughters of barons
- Queen's Bench Division judges
- Queen's Counsel 2001–
- People educated at North London Collegiate School
- Lady Justices of Appeal
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom