Judith Farbey

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Farbey
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2018
MonarchCharles III
Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 August 2023
Personal details
Born (1965-10-21) 21 October 1965 (age 59)
London, England
Alma materCity University
Magdalen College, Oxford

Dame Judith Sarah Farbey, DBE (born 21 October 1965)[1] is a British High Court judge and a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.[2]

Farbey was born in London and attended university at Magdalen College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1989. After her undergraduate studies, she completed a graduate diploma in law at City University in 1991.[1]

Following her time at City, she was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1992, practising from Doughty Street Chambers.[3] She took silk in 2011 and served as deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2014 to 2018 and served as a recorder from 2016 to 2018. She was a member of the Bar Standards Board from 2016 to 2018. In addition to practice, she jointly authored Law of Habeas Corpus in 2011.[1]

On 1 October 2018, Farbey was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[4] She received the customary damehood in the same year.[1] She was President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2019 to 2022.[5] In 2023 she was appointed as a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.[6]

In 2011, she married Prabhat Vaze.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Farbey, Hon. Dame Judith (Sarah), (born 21 Oct. 1965)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u254154. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Tribunal members". The Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Judith Farbey QC appointed to the High Court Bench | Doughty Street Chambers". Doughty Street Chambers. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Dame Judith Farbey DBE". Judiciary UK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ Kherallah, Bushra (7 August 2023). "Appointment: Investigatory Powers Tribunal Judicial Members". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 27 September 2023.