The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Right Honourable Lady
Justice Carr DBE as a Judicial Commissioner and the Vice Chairman
of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for 3 years
commencing 3 August 2020.
JAC is an independent body that selects candidates for judicial
office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some
tribunals with a UK-wide jurisdiction.
JAC Commissioners are appointed, under Schedule 12(1) of the
Constitutional Reform Act 2005, by Her Majesty the Queen on the
recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.
The appointment of Lady Justice Carr was made in accordance with
Regulation 10 of the Judicial Appointment Commission Regulations
2013.
Biography
Lady Justice Carr DBE has served as a judge of the Court of
Appeal since April 2020. She was called to the Bar in 1987 and
appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2003. In 2009 Lady Justice Carr was
appointed a Crown Court Recorder. She was chair of the Bar
Standards Board Conduct Committee between 2008 and 2010 before
becoming Complaints Commissioner to the International Criminal
Court in the Hague and head of her chambers. In June 2013 she was
appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to the Queen’s Bench
Division. She was a member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
between 2014 and 2016 and a Presiding Judge of the Midland
Circuit between 2016 and 2019. Lady Justice Carr is also a
governing Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
