Julia Dias Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Mrs Justice Dias
Office:Justice of the High Court
Term Start:20 March 2023
Appointer:Charles III
Nationality:British
Birth Date:31 January 1959
Birth Place:Cambridge, England
Alma Mater:Trinity Hall

Dame Julia Amanda Dias (b. Cambridge, UK 31 January 1959) is a British High Court judge.[1]

Personal life

Dias was born in Cambridge on 31 January 1959. She attended Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, later studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1981.[2] Dias married in 1983 and has one son and one daughter. She is fluent in French and Russian.[3]

Career

Dias was called to the Bar in 1982[4] by Inner Temple,[5] spending her early years in law as an Assistante AssociƩe at the Paris Institute of Comparative Law.

Dias joined the London-based chambers 7KBW in 1985 as the first female tenant, working in specialist commercial practice. She was called to the Gibraltar Bar in 1994.

She took silk in 2008, granting her the title KC (then QC).[6]

She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018 assigned to the Chancery division. 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.

Dias received the customary damehood in 2023.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-09-16 . High Court Judges 2021 . 2023-10-10 . Judicial Appointments Commission . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Dias, Julia Amanda, (Mrs S. J. Orford), (born 31 Jan. 1959), KC; barrister; a Deputy High Court Judge, since 2018 . subscription . 2023-10-10 . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246930.
  3. Web site: Julia Dias KC . 2023-10-10 . 7KBW . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 2023-03-03 . Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC . 2023-10-10 . Courts and Tribunals Judiciary . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-03 . Appointment of a High Court Judge: Julia Dias KC . 2023-10-10 . Courts and Tribunals Judiciary . en-US.
  6. Web site: QC/KC Crown Office The Gazette . 2023-10-10 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  7. Web site: HC Appointment Crown Office The Gazette . 2023-10-10 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  8. Web site: CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Honours and Awards The Gazette . 2023-10-10 . www.thegazette.co.uk.