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The Rt Hon Dame Victoria Sharp DBE

Admitted 1978, Called 1979

First female President of the Queen’s Bench Division

The Rt Hon Dame Victoria Sharp was educated at North London Collegiate School and the University of Bristol. She became a QC in 1986 and a Recorder in 1998.

She was appointed as a Justice of the High Court in 2009 and Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit from 2012 to 2013.  In 2016 she became Vice-President of the Queen’s Bench Division and President in 2019.

The Rt Hon Dame Victoria Sharp DBE