Bobbie Cheema-Grubb

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb
DBE
Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 November 2015
Preceded bySir Kenneth Parker
Personal details
Born
Parmjit-kaur Cheema

(1966-10-06) 6 October 1966 (age 58)
Yorkshire, UK
Spouse
Russell Grubb
​
(m. 1990)​
Children3
EducationCity of Leeds School
King's College London

Dame Parmjit Kaur "Bobbie" Cheema-Grubb, DBE (née Cheema; born 6 October 1966), styled Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, is a judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.[1][2] She is the first Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.

Early life and education

Parmjit-kaur Cheema was born in 1966 to Sikh Punjabi parents who emigrated from India to Great Britain in the 1960s.[3] She grew up in Yorkshire, and attended City of Leeds School before reading law at King's College London.[4][5]

Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1989,[6][7] Cheema-Grubb, in 2006, became the first Asian woman to be appointed a Junior Treasury Counsel.[4] In 2007, she was promoted Recorder.

In 2013, Cheema-Grubb took silk (QC)[6] serving as Senior Treasury Counsel before receiving authorisation to sit as a deputy High Court judge.[6] She chaired an Advocacy Training Council working group which produced the report "Raising the Bar: The Handling of Vulnerable Witnesses, Victims and Defendants in Court".[8]

Cheema-Grubb successfully acted for the prosecution against retired Anglican Bishop Peter Ball for sexual abuse[9] and against barrister and Recorder Constance Briscoe for perverting the course of justice.[10]

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Judiciary

Appointed as a High Court judge on 22 October 2015,[6] Cheema-Grubb was sworn in to the Queen's Bench on 25 November 2015,[5] receiving the customary accolade of the Realm as DBE.[11]

Personal life

In 1990, she married Russell Grubb and they have three children.[12]

Dame Bobbie and her family are practising Christians.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senior Judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Dame Parmjit Kaur (Bobbie) Cheema-Grubb DBE became the first Asian woman judge in the High Court in October 2015". Twitter.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ Kumar, Reena (12 November 2015). "Bobbie Cheema-Grubb: First Asian woman judge in high court". EasternEye. London, UK. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Law Diary". The Times. London, UK. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "First Asian female High Court judge sworn in". BBC News. BBC. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "High Court Judge Appointment: Cheema-Grubb". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ Wilson, Mairi. "Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb". graysinn.org.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. ^ www.judiciary.uk
  9. ^ Davies, Caroline (23 October 2015). "High court appoints Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as its first Asian female judge". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Two more women elevated to High Court bench". Law Society Gazette. London, UK. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  11. ^ www.npg.org.uk
  12. ^ www.city.ac.uk
  13. ^ "Christian barrister becomes first Asian female High Court judge". Premier.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.