List of judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

The ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are the Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal. These judges serve with the ex officio members of the court: Lord Chief Justice Master of the Rolls President of the King's Bench Division President of the Family Division President of the Business and Property Division Supreme Court judges appointed from the Court of Appeal or who were eligible to serve on it when appointed to the Supreme Court

Judges of the Court of Appeal are made members of the Privy Council within months of appointment, enabling them to serve as members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and entitling them to the style The Right Honourable.

The Senior Courts Act 1981 limited in principle the total number of Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal;Senior Courts Act 1981, s 2. Retrieved 15 October 2012. it was raised by one to 39 by The Maximum Number of Judges Order 2015 (the Act allows for such Orders). The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 mandated that, along with other senior judges throughout the UK, they retired at 70 years of age (save for judges appointed before 31 March 1995 who had to retire at 75). However, the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 amended the 1993 Act to restore the retirement age of 75 for all judges, whenever appointed.

Ex officio judges These are the ex officio judges of the Court of Appeal excepting the qualifying justices of the Supreme Court (the judges appointed from England and Wales); they are listed at Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom:

Office Judge Alma mater Mandatory retirement Date of appointment Prior roles 1Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill Trinity College, Cambridge Court of Appeal (21 April 2020)Queen's Bench (14 June 2013) 2Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey VosGonville and Caius College, Cambridge Chancellor (24 October 2016) Court of Appeal (1 October 2013)Chancery Division (27 October 2009) 3President of the King's Bench Division Sir Mark WarbySt John's College, Oxford 1 October 2026 Court of Appeal (3 February 2021)Queens Bench (10 June 2014) 4President of the Family Division Sir Stephen CobbUniversity of Liverpool 12 April 2037 23 April 2026 Court of Appeal (1 July 2025)Family Division (11 January 2013) 5President of the Business and Property Division Sir Colin BirssDowning College, Cambridge Court of Appeal (25 January 2021)Chancery Division (13 May 2013)

List of judges of the Court of Appeal As of 1 October 2026 there are 40 Judges on the court: 29 Lord Justices of Appeal and 11 Lady Justices of Appeal. Lord/Lady Justice Alma mater Mandatoryretirement Date ofappointment High Courtappointment High Courtdivision Other roles1Downing College, Cambridge Chancery 2Trinity Hall, Cambridge King's BenchVice President of the Civil Division3University of Hull Family Chair of the Judicial College4University of Bristol Northumbria University King's Bench5University of Oxford Family 6 Brasenose College, Oxford Family7Queens' College, Cambridge Chancery8Trinity College, Cambridge University of California, Berkeley King's Bench9Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge St Edmund Hall, Oxford Chancery10University of Keele King's Bench11St John's College, Cambridge Family12Pembroke College, Cambridge King's Bench13University of LeicesterUniversity of TorontoUniversity of Southampton King's Bench Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales14St John's College, Cambridge King's Bench15Magdalen College, OxfordUniversity of Westminster Chancery16Downing College, Cambridge King's Bench17 Mansfield College, Oxford King's Bench Senior President of Tribunals18 University College, Oxford King's Bench19 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge King's Bench20Churchill College, Cambridge King's Bench21 King's College London King's Bench22 Corpus Christi College, Oxford Chancery23 Newnham College, Cambridge King's Bench24 University College, Oxford King's BenchVice President of the Criminal Division25Merton College, Oxford King's Bench26Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Chancery27St John's College, Cambridge King's Bench Chairman of the Law Commission28 King's BenchVice-President of the King's Bench Division29Exeter College, Oxford King's Bench30Pembroke College, Oxford Chancery31Emmanuel College, CambridgeKing's BenchDeputy Senior Presiding Judge32Christ Church, OxfordChancery33St Anne's College, OxfordKing's Bench Deputy Head Civil Justice34Wadham College, OxfordKing's BenchChair of the Sentencing Council35St Catherine's College, OxfordKing's Bench 36Magdalen College, OxfordKing's Bench37Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeChancery38Magdalen College, OxfordKing's Bench39Trinity Hall, CambridgeKing's Bench40University College, OxfordChancery

See also Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom List of High Court judges of England and Wales Senator of the College of Justice

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