Judith Farbey

Dame Judith Sarah Farbey, DBE (born 12 October 1965)[1] is a British High Court judge and a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.[2]

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Farbey
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Assumed office
1 October 2018
MonarchCharles III
Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Assumed office
7 August 2023
Personal details
Born (1965-10-12) 12 October 1965
London, England
Alma materCity University
Magdalen College, Oxford

Farbey was born in London and attended university at Magdalen College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1989. After her undergraduate studies, she completed a graduate diploma in law at City University in 1991.[1]

Following her time at City, she was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1992, practising from Doughty Street Chambers.[3] She took silk in 2011 and served deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2014 to 2018 and served as a recorder from 2016 to 2018. She was a member of the Bar Standards Board from 2016 to 2018. In addition to practice, she jointly authored Law of Habeas Corpus in 2011.[1]

On 1 October 2018, Farbey was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[4] She received the customary damehood in the same year.[1] She was President of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from 2019 to 2022.[5] In 2023 she was appointed as a Judicial Member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.[6]

In 2011, she married Prabhat Vaze.[1]

References
  1. "Farbey, Hon. Dame Judith (Sarah), (born 21 Oct. 1965)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u254154. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. "Tribunal members". The Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. "Judith Farbey QC appointed to the High Court Bench | Doughty Street Chambers". Doughty Street Chambers. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  5. "Dame Judith Farbey DBE". Judiciary UK. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. Kherallah, Bushra (7 August 2023). "Appointment: Investigatory Powers Tribunal Judicial Members". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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