Sarah Asplin

Lady Justice Asplin
Lady Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
2017
Justice of the High Court
In office
2012–2017
Personal details
Born (1959-09-16) 16 September 1959 (age 65)
United Kingdom
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Dame Sarah Jane Asplin, DBE (born 16 September 1959) is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She was granted the customary appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on appointment as a High Court judge in 2012, becoming the third woman appointed to the Chancery Division.[1]

Education

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Asplin attended Southampton Sixth Form College for Girls and read law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, earning a BA in Law in 1982 (promoted to MA (Cantab) by seniority in 1986).[2] She went on to obtain the degree of BCL at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[citation needed]

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Asplin was called to the bar (Gray's Inn) in 1984 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2002.[3] She became the Head of Chambers at 3 Stone Buildings in 2009,[4] and was a deputy High Court Judge until her appointment to the High Court on 1 October 2012 as the Honourable Mrs Justice Asplin. She was the third woman to be assigned to the Chancery Division, after Mary Arden and Sonia Proudman.[5]

On 22 February 2013, she was appointed as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[6]

She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 7 October 2017.[7]

In January 2019, Dame Sarah's appointment as Chair of the Church of England's Clergy Discipline Commission was announced. She simultaneously became the President of the Tribunals.[8]

Personal life

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In 1986, Asplin married Nicholas A. Sherwin, a solicitor with Clifford Chance, who had been a contemporary at Cambridge.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
  2. ^ List of Members - Cambridge University (University of Cambridge, 1991), pp. 45, 1229: "SHERWIN Sarah Jane (Asplin Sarah Jane )"
  3. ^ "No. 56538". The London Gazette. 16 April 2002. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Sarah Asplin QC appointed as Judge". 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Asplin" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  6. ^ London Gazette notice of elevation of Mrs Justice Asplin to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE); accessed 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ H M Government (6 October 2017). "Crown Office". London Gazette. No. 62073. London. p. 18654.
  8. ^ "New Chair of Clergy Discipline Commission | The Church of England".
  9. ^ List of Members - Cambridge University (University of Cambridge, 1991), p. 1229