Mrs Justice Farbey | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2018 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1965 London,England |
| Alma mater | City University Magdalen College,Oxford |
Dame Judith Sarah Farbey,DBE (born 21 October 1965) [1] is a British High Court judge and a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. [2]
Farbey was born in London and attended university at Magdalen College,Oxford,completing a BA in 1989. After her undergraduate studies,she completed a graduate diploma in law at City University in 1991. [1]
Following her time at City,she was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1992,practising from Doughty Street Chambers. [3] She took silk in 2011 and served as deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2014 to 2018 and served as a recorder from 2016 to 2018. She was a member of the Bar Standards Board from 2016 to 2018. In addition to practice,she jointly authored Law of Habeas Corpus in 2011. [1]
On 1 October 2018,Farbey was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. [4] She received the customary damehood in the same year. [1] She was President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2019 to 2022. [5] In 2023 she was appointed as a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. [6]
In 2011,she married Prabhat Vaze. [1]
