St John's Chambers is delighted to announce that Frances Judd QC has been appointed to the High Court bench and will sit in the Family Division

Frances joined St John’s Chambers as an associate member, and has for many years been one of the country’s leading silks specialising in children work, sitting in addition as a Deputy High Court judge. She was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2006, a Recorder in 2002 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2011. She has been Head of Harcourt Chambers since 2009, and Chair of the Family Law Bar Association since 2018.

We wish her every success in her new appointment.