Lord Justice Dingemans
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Lord Justice Dingemans was called to the Bar in 1987 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002.
He appeared in constitutional cases around the Commonwealth and in the Privy Council, and had a wide ranging common law practice.
He was leading counsel to the Hutton Inquiry in 2003 and acted for the Express and Star newspapers in the Leveson Inquiry in 2011-2012. He represented various states in ICSID, EBRD and ICC arbitrations.
He was appointed a High Court Judge in 2013 and sat in the Queen’s Bench Division. He was a Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit from 2014 to 2018.
He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2019, and was supervising Lord Justice for public law from 2019 to July 2025. He was the Vice-President of the King’s Bench Division from February 2020 to February 2025, and lead judge for International Relations from February 2021 to February 2025.
He was the first independent head of the RFU judiciary, and was selected as a judicial officer for the Rugby World Cups for 2015, 2019 and 2023.
He was appointed the Senior President of Tribunals on 1 August 2025.