Appointment: Investigatory Powers Tribunal Judicial Members
His Majesty the King has appointed Mrs Justice Farbey and Mr Justice Johnson as Judicial Members of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), with effect from 7 August 2023. The appointment will be for a five-year term, which may be subject to renewal. Lord Justice Singh, the President of the IPT, congratulates Mrs Justice Farbey and Mr Justice Johnson on their appointment and wishes them well in their new roles.
Biographical notes
Mrs Justice (Judith) Farbey was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1992. She was appointed as a QC in 2011, a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber in 2014, a Recorder in 2016 and a High Court Judge assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division (now the King’s Bench Division) in 2018. From 2019 to 2022, she was the President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber.
Biographical notes
Mr Justice (Jeremy) Johnson was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1994. He specialised in public law and common law, often acting in cases involving the police and government departments. He was a member of the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel to the Crown and a Special Advocate. He took silk in 2011. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 and authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge sitting in the Queen’s Bench Division (now the King’s Bench Division) in 2016 and in the Administrative Court in 2018.