Julia Dias

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Dias
DBE
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 March 2023
Appointed byCharles III
Personal details
Born (1959-01-31) 31 January 1959 (age 65)
Cambridge, England
Alma materTrinity Hall

Dame Julia Amanda Dias DBE (b. Cambridge, UK 31 January 1959)[1] is a British High Court judge.[2]

Personal life

Dias was born in Cambridge on 31 January 1959, the daughter of Michael Dias and Norah Dias.[1] She attended Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, later studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1981.[1] Dias married in 1983 and has one son and one daughter.[1] She is fluent in French and Russian.[3]

Career

Dias was called to the Bar in 1982[4] by Inner Temple,[5] spending her early years in law as an Assistante Associée at the Paris Institute of Comparative Law.[2]

Dias joined the London-based chambers 7KBW in 1985 as the first female tenant, working in specialist commercial practice.[2] She was called to the Gibraltar Bar in 1994.[3]

She took silk in 2008, granting her the title KC (then QC).[6]

She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018[2] assigned to the Chancery division[4] and High Court judge on 20 March 2023,[7] assigned to the King's Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.[5]

Dias received the customary[clarification needed] damehood in 2023.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dias, Julia Amanda, (Mrs S. J. Orford), (born 31 Jan. 1959), KC; barrister; a Deputy High Court Judge, since 2018". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246930. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "High Court Judges 2021". Judicial Appointments Commission. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ a b "Julia Dias KC". 7KBW. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  4. ^ a b "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  5. ^ a b "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  6. ^ "QC/KC | Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  7. ^ "HC Appointment | Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  8. ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.