James Dingemans Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Dingemans
Office1:Lord Justice of Appeal
Term Start1:21 October 2019
Office2:Justice of the High Court
Term Start2:10 June 2013
Term End2:21 October 2019
Birth Date:1964 6, df=y
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Charles III

Sir James Michael Dingemans (born 25 June 1964), styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans, is a judge of the Court of Appeal, having previously served as a High Court judge.

Legal career

Dingemans was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1987. He practised from Chambers at 3 Hare Court. He became a Queen's Counsel and a Recorder in 2002[1] and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge from 2010.[2]

On 10 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood in 2014, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal and has since 5 February 2020 been Vice-President of the King's Bench Division.[3]

He is the co-author, with Can Yeginsu, Tom Cross, and Hafsah Masood of a leading textbook The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice, published by Oxford University Press.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. High Court Appointment – Dingemans . Ministry of Justice . 22 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101100937/http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial-appointments/judicial-220513-061 . 1 January 2015 .
  2. Web site: The Hon Mr Justice Dingemans . judiciary.uk. August 2022 . 8 January 2023 .
  3. Web site: Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division. 3 November 2020. judiciary.uk. 6 February 2020 . en-US.
  4. Book: Dingemans. Sir James. The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice. Yeginsu. Can. Cross. Tom. Masood. Hafsah. 2013-10-31. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-966096-4. Oxford, New York.