Julian Flaux
Sir Julian Martin Flaux PC (born 11 May 1955), is the Chancellor of the High Court.
Lord Justice Flaux | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Geoffrey Vos |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 2016–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 May 1955 |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Jurist |
He was educated at The King's School, Worcester and Worcester College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1978. He was made a QC in 1994, recorder from 2000–2007, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2007. He was a Presiding Judge on the Midland Circuit from January 2010 to December 2013, later appointed as a Legal Member of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in 2013. Following a spell as Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in December 2016 and sworn of the Privy Council. He was appointed Chancellor on the 3rd February 2021.
In 2020, he was party to allowing Shamima Begum returning to the UK to fight her citizenship case together with 2 other judges. [1]