Lord Justice Dingemans | |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2019 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 10 June 2013 –21 October 2019 | |
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| Born | 25 June 1964 |
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. He was appointed Senior President of Tribunals for a five-year period from 1 August 2025. [1]
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 [2] and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge from 2010. [3]
On 10 June 2013,he was appointed a High Court judge, [4] receiving the customary knighthood in 2014, [5] and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.
On 13 November 2015,he presided over the sentencing for the murder of Becky Watts. Nathan Matthews was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years for murder,while Shauna Hoare was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for manslaughter. [6] At the end of the sentencing hearing,Dingemans wept as he paid tribute to the Watts' family for their courage and dignity. [7]
On 21 October 2019,he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal [8] and has since 5 February 2020 been Vice-President of the King's Bench Division. [9]
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. [10]
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