The lord or lady chief justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales.
Dame Sue Carr 2022
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Sue Lascelles Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, is an English jurist and life peer who has served as Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales since 2023. She is the first woman to serve as the
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
…in Northern Ireland is the lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, local successor to the lord chief justice of Ireland of the pre-Partition era. Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has been Lady Chief Justice since October 2023. She is the first female holder of the office. Originally, each of the three high common law courts…
Carr in 2022