Ian Dove

The Honourable Mr Justice Dove
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High Court Judge President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2022
Personal details
Born	(1963-12-31) 31 December 1963 (age 61)
Alma mater	St Catherine's College, Oxford

Sir Ian William Dove (born 31 December 1963), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Dove, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.[1]

He was educated at Northampton School for Boys and St Catherine's College, Oxford.[2]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986. He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division) since 1 October 2014. From 2018 to 2021 he was a Presiding Judge on the Northern Circuit.[3]

Dove was a practising barrister at No5 Barristers' Chambers before being appointed High Court Judge. He joined Chambers as a pupil in 1986 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003. He was a barrister in the Planning & Environmental & Public Law fields during his time at No5.

In December 2018 he presided over a challenge made against the Government by Friends of the Earth that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) document issued in July 2018 was unlawful because it should have been reviewed for its impacts on the environment.

On 2 October 2022, Sir Ian was appointed as President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber in the Upper Tribunal.[4]

Dove is a Bencher at the Inner Temple and from 2013-2014 was an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. In September 2016 he was made an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford.[5]

References

1. "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
2. ‘DOVE, Ian William’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
3. "Chamber President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
4. "Chamber President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
5. "Mr Justice Dove". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.