Dame Sue Lascelles Carr, (born 1 September 1964), styled The Rt Hon Lady Justice Carr, is an English judge, who has served as a

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since 2020.

Origins and education

Carr is the daughter of Richard Carr and Edda Harvey (née Armbrust),''Carr, Sue Lascelles, (Mrs A. Birch)'', Who's Who 2019 (A & C Black) and was educated at

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and at

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Legal career

Carr was

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in 1987 where she practised from 4 New Square Chambers and became a

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in 2003. In 2009 Carr was appointed a

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, and was approved to serve as a deputy High Court judge. Carr was chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association in 2007 and 2008 and chairman of the Conduct Committee of the Bar Standards Board from 2008 to 2011. In April 2011, Carr was appointed Disciplinary Commissioner in proceedings before the

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. On 14 June 2013 Carr was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary appointment as a

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. She was assigned to the

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. She is also a governing Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and a member of the board of the Judicial College. In 2020 Carr was appointed to the

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with effect from 21 April 2020. She was sworn of the Privy Council on 28 April 2021.

Personal

Carr is a member of the Governing Council of

Family

Carr is married to Alexander Birch. They have three children.

References

1964 births Living people Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire 21st-century English judges People educated at Wycombe Abbey Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Place of birth missing (living people) English women judges Lady Justices of Appeal Queen's Bench Division judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{UK-law-bio-stub