Joanna Smith (judge)

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The Honourable
Mrs Justice Smith
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Smith in 2022
Justice of the High Court
Assumed office
15 February 2021
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Born (1968-04-27) 27 April 1968 (age 55)
London, England
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

Dame Joanna Angela Smith, DBE (born 27 April 1968), styled Mrs Justice Smith, is a British High Court judge. [1]

Smith was born in London, England in 1968 and educated at King's Ely. She attended Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1986, and graduated with a first-class MA in jurisprudence. [2] [1]

She was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1990, practising commercial, professional negligence and construction law from Cornerstone Chambers and Wilberforce Chambers. [3] [4] Smith took silk in 2009 and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2017. As a practitioner, she appeared in the 2015 Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi case before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Prior to her full-time judicial appointment, she took appointments as an arbitrator. [5] [1]

On 15 February 2021, Smith was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Chancery Division. [6] [7] She received the customary damehood in 2020. [1]

In 1994, she married Mark Vanhegan (a fellow KC) and together they have two daughters. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Smith, Hon. Dame Joanna Angela, (born 27 April 1968)" . Who's Who (UK) . 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u249683. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Women at the House - Joanna Smith". Christ Church, Oxford . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Former member Joanna Smith QC has been appointed as a Justice of the High Court". Cornerstone Chambers. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Joanna Smith QC appointed High Court judge". Wilberforce Chambers. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "High Court Judges 2020". Judicial Appointments Commission . 2 November 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "High Court Appointment". Judiciary UK. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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