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.
