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The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans (Jurisprudence, 1983)
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans is a serving judge. He was appointed a High Court judge in 2013 and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division, receiving a knighthood in
the 2014 Special Honours. In October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal.
James has a longstanding interest in encouraging a strong and diverse entry to the legal profession and was in charge of pupillage in Chambers at 3 Hare Court from 1993 to 2002. He was Chairman of the Outreach and Recruitment Committee for Inner Temple from 2009 to 2014.
James has also been Chairman of the International Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales (2008-10) and Chairman of the Commonwealth in England Bar Association (CEBA) (2009-11). He was a member of the Executive Committee of
the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association and is now a member of Council of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association. He was made a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2006.
Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC LLD FBA
Baroness Hale has just retired as the United Kingdom’s most senior judge. She became the first, and the only, woman ‘Lord of Appeal in Ordinary’ in 2004, after a varied career as
an academic lawyer, law reformer and judge. She was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1969. She taught Law at Manchester University for 18 years, specialising in family and social welfare law, and also practised at the Manchester Bar.
In 1984 Brenda became the first woman to serve on the Law Commission. There she led the work of the family law team, resulting (among others) in the Children Act 1989 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. She was also a founder member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and chair of its Code of Practice Committee from 1990 to 1994, when she was appointed
a Judge of the Family Division of the High Court. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in 1999 and in 2004 to the House of Lords. She became Deputy President of the Court in 2013 and its President in 2017.
Brenda was a Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation from 1987 to 2002 and Chancellor of the University of Bristol from 2004 to 2016. She also helped to establish the United Kingdom Association of Women Judges in 2004 and from 2010 to 2012 served as President of the International Association of Women Judges, a worldwide body of both men and women judges committed to equality and human rights for all.
Sarah Harkness
(PPE, 1980)
Sarah Harkness is an experienced finance professional who has worked at the highest level in a range of roles and organisations. She began her executive career in banking and in 1992 was appointed Corporate
Finance Director of NatWest Markets. Six years later she moved to Arthur Andersen, where she remained until 2002. Sarah then launched the corporate division of Directorbank Executive Search Ltd, which specialised in non-executive recruitment.
While there, Sarah took on several non-executive roles in the private sector: as Director on the board of Homestyle Group PLC, a retailer with an annual turnover of £400m; as Trustee of Sheffield Theatres Trust; and as Chair of McInnes Corporate Finance.
She has been Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit at JRI Orthopaedics Ltd and was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. She served as a lay member of the Audit Committee of the University of Birmingham and is now a Non-Executive Director of Card Geotechnics Ltd, and a Trustee of Orthopaedic Research UK and of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
Sarah has also served as a non-executive director on various boards within the NHS, including NHS North of England Strategic Health Authority, the Trust Development Authority and NHS Improvement. She now chairs the Audit Committee of Oriel College, Oxford.
Admiral Sir Philip Jones GCB DL (Geography, 1978)
Admiral Sir Philip Jones saw active service in the South Atlantic in 1982 in the Amphibious Assault Ship HMS Fearless, and also served in HM Yacht Brittania. He has commanded the frigates HMS Beaver (as a
Commander) and HMS Coventry (as a Captain), the Amphibious Task Group (as a Commodore), UK Maritime Forces (as a Rear Admiral) and the Fleet (as a Vice Admiral). He was Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, in the Ministry of Defence, for the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
On promotion to Vice Admiral in 2011, Philip served as
Deputy Fleet Commander and Chief of Staff Navy Command Headquarters, and then in 2012 he became the Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.
Philip was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 2012, promoted to Knight Commander in 2014 and Knight Grand Cross in 2020. In 2016 he became First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, the professional head of the Royal Navy. He retired from the navy in 2019.
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