Igor Judge, Baron Judge

The Right Honourable The Lord Judge KC PC
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 1 October 2008 – 7 November 2023
Convenor of the Crossbench Peers
In office 1 October 2019 – 27 April 2023
Preceded by	The Lord Hope of Craighead
Succeeded by	The Earl of Kinnoull
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2013
Nominated by	Jack Straw
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Succeeded by	The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
President of the Queen's Bench Division
In office 3 October 2005 – 1 October 2008
Deputy	Sir Anthony May
Preceded by	The Lord Woolf (as Lord Chief Justice)
Succeeded by	Sir Anthony May
Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
In office 2003–2005
Lord Chief Justice	The Lord Woolf
Preceded by	Sir Tasker Watkins[a]
Succeeded by	None[a]
Personal details
Born	Igor Judge (1941-05-19)19 May 1941 Valletta, British Malta
Died	7 November 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 82) London, England
Political party	Crossbencher
Parent	Rosa Judge (mother)
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation	Barrister jurist judge life peer professor of law
a. ^ Office vacant from 1993 to 2003. Non-statutory position.

Igor Judge, Baron Judge, KC, PC (19 May 1941 – 7 November 2023), was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the head of the judiciary,^[1] from 2008 to 2013. He was previously President of the Queen's Bench Division, at the time a newly created post assuming responsibilities transferred from the office of lord chief justice. From 2019 to 2023, he served as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers in the House of Lords.^[2]