Dame Sarah Jane Asplin, DBE (born 16 September 1959) is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She was granted the customary appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on appointment as a High Court judge in 2012, becoming the third woman appointed to the Chancery Division.[1]
Lady Justice Asplin | |
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| Lady Justice of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1959 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Education
editAsplin attended Southampton Sixth Form College for Girls and read law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, earning a BA in Law in 1982 (promoted to MA (Cantab) by seniority in 1986).[2] She went on to obtain the degree of BCL at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[citation needed]
Legal career
editAsplin was called to the bar (Gray's Inn) in 1984 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2002.[3] She became the Head of Chambers at 3 Stone Buildings in 2009,[4] and was a deputy High Court Judge until her appointment to the High Court on 1 October 2012 as the Honourable Mrs Justice Asplin. She was the third woman to be assigned to the Chancery Division, after Mary Arden and Sonia Proudman.[5]
On 22 February 2013, she was appointed as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[6]
She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 7 October 2017.[7]
In January 2019, Dame Sarah's appointment as Chair of the Church of England's Clergy Discipline Commission was announced. She simultaneously became the President of the Tribunals.[8]
Personal life
editIn 1986, Asplin married Nicholas A. Sherwin, a solicitor with Clifford Chance, who had been a contemporary at Cambridge.[9]
References
edit- ^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
- ^ List of Members - Cambridge University (University of Cambridge, 1991), pp. 45, 1229: "SHERWIN Sarah Jane (Asplin Sarah Jane )"
- ^ "No. 56538". The London Gazette. 16 April 2002. p. 1.
- ^ "Sarah Asplin QC appointed as Judge". 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Asplin" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ London Gazette notice of elevation of Mrs Justice Asplin to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE); accessed 8 December 2014.
- ^ H M Government (6 October 2017). "Crown Office". London Gazette. No. 62073. London. p. 18654.
- ^ "New Chair of Clergy Discipline Commission | The Church of England".
- ^ List of Members - Cambridge University (University of Cambridge, 1991), p. 1229
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