James Dingemans

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Dingemans
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2019
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Justice of the High Court
In office 10 June 2013 – 21 October 2019
Personal details
Born	(1964-06-25) 25 June 1964 (age 60)

Sir James Michael Dingemans (born 25 June 1964), styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans, is a judge of the Court of Appeal, having previously served as a High Court judge.

Legal career

Dingemans was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1987. He practised from Chambers at 3 Hare Court. He became a Queen's Counsel and a Recorder in 2002[1] and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge from 2010.[2]

On 10 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge,[3] receiving the customary knighthood in 2014,[4] and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal[5] and has since 5 February 2020 been Vice-President of the King's Bench Division.[6]

He is the co-author, with Can Yeğinsu, Tom Cross, and Hafsah Masood of a leading textbook The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice, published by Oxford University Press.[7]

References

1. "High Court Appointment – Dingemans" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015.
2. "The Hon Mr Justice Dingemans". judiciary.uk. August 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
3. "No. 60533". The London Gazette. 13 June 2013. p. 11671.
4. "No. 60791". The London Gazette. 25 February 2014. p. 3889.
5. "No. 62806". The London Gazette. 24 October 2019. p. 19180.
6. "Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division". judiciary.uk. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. Dingemans, Sir James; Yeginsu, Can; Cross, Tom; Masood, Hafsah (31 October 2013). The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-966096-4.

External links

• 3 Hare Court