Gwynneth Knowles Explained

Mrs Justice Knowles
Office:High Court Judge
Family Division
Nationality:British
Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Termstart:2 October 2017
Birth Date:11 July 1962[1]
Birth Place:Oxford, England

Dame Gwynneth Frances Dietlinde Knowles DBE (born 11 July 1962), styled Mrs Justice Knowles is a British High Court judge of the Family Division.[2] [3]

Born in Oxford, Knowles attended Southill Sixth Form College. She was called to the bar in 1993 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2011. She previously worked for Atlantic Chambers in Liverpool.[4] [5]

She is fluent in German.[6]

In 2007, she was appointed as a fee-paid Tribunal Judge for the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

In 2017, she was appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to the Family Division.[7] She received the customary damehood from Elizabeth II in the same year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KNOWLES, Miss Gwynneth QC - JustCite . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918105825/http://www.justcite.com/Document/GetProfile?name=gwynneth.knowles.qc . 2022-09-18 . 2022-09-18 . www.justcite.com.
  2. Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 2022-10-02 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  3. Web site: CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Honours and Awards The Gazette . 2022-10-02 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Family Law Week: Gwynneth Knowles QC appointed to the High Court bench . 2022-09-14 . www.familylawweek.co.uk.
  5. Web site: 2021-06-13 . Apointment news Atlantic Chambers . 2022-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210613074110/http://www.atlanticchambers.co.uk/news/2017/august/apointment-news/ . 2021-06-13 .
  6. Web site: KNOWLES, Miss Gwynneth QC - JustCite . 2022-09-14 . www.justcite.com.
  7. Web site: Queen approves new Knighthoods and Damehoods . 2022-09-14 . GOV.UK . en.