Mrs Justice Dias | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1959 Cambridge,England |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall |
Dame Julia Amanda Dias DBE (born 31 January 1959) is a British High Court judge.
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. [2]
Dias was called to the Bar in 1982 [3] by Inner Temple, [4] spending her early years in law as an Assistante Associée at the Paris Institute of Comparative Law. [5]
Dias joined the London-based chambers 7KBW in 1985 as the first female tenant,working in specialist commercial practice. [5] She was called to the Gibraltar Bar in 1994. [2]
She took silk in 2008,granting her the title QC (now KC). [6]
She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018 [5] assigned to the Chancery division [3] 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. [4]
Dias received the customary[ clarification needed ] damehood in 2023. [8]
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