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Mrs Justice Whipple appointed a Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mrs Justice Whipple as a Commissioner of JAC, following selection by the Judges' Council.

• From: Ministry of Justice and Judicial Appointments Commission
• Published: 23 February 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

The appointment is for an initial term of 3 years from 22 December 2016.

Mrs Justice Whipple has been a judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, since 2015. She sat as a Recorder from 2009 and as a deputy High Court judge from 2013.

Published 23 February 2017