Lady Justice Macur | |
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| Lady Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 31 July 2013 –4 October 2025 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| High Court Judge Family Division | |
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 April 1957 |
| Education | University of Sheffield |
Dame Julia Wendy Macur,DBE (born 17 April 1957), [1] known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur,was a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019,she was the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales. [2]
She studied law at the University of Sheffield,graduating in 1978. [3] She was called to the bar in 1979,and was a practising barrister on the Midland and Oxford Circuit between 1979 and 2005, [1] working in Birmingham. [4]
She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1998,and was a Recorder of the Crown Court between 1999 and 2005,when she was appointed to the High Court. [1] [5] On 31 July 2013,she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal [6] a position from which she retired with effect from 4 October 2025. [7]
In November 2012 she was appointed by Home Secretary Theresa May to review,the terms of the Waterhouse inquiry into the North Wales child abuse scandal,which had reported in 2000. [8]
In 2015,it was announced she would become Deputy Senior Presiding Judge from 1 January 2016 and Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from 1 January 2018; [9] this was brought forward to April 2017 on the appointment of Lord Justice Fulford as the Investigatory Powers Commissioner. [10]
