Vice-President of the King’s Bench Division

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The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, in consultation with the Lord Chancellor, has appointed The Right Honourable Lord Justice Jeremy Baker to be the Vice-President of the King’s Bench Division for a three-year term with effect from Wednesday 5 February 2025. 

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The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Jeremy Baker was Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1979 and took Silk in 1999. He was appointed as a Recorder in 1996, as a Circuit Judge in 2010 and as a High Court Judge appointed to the King’s Bench Division in 2013. He was a Presiding Judge of the Midlands Circuit from 2018 to 2021 and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2024.