Geoffrey Vos, the former chairman of the Bar Council, has been appointed as a High Court judge.
Mr Vos, 54, who also chairs the Social Mobility Foundation, said: “I am very much looking forward to taking up my appointment to the Chancery Bench.”
The head of chambers at 3 Stone Buildings for 11 years until spring this year, he was also appointed an Appeal Court judge for the Cayman Islands at the end of last year.
He is a member of both the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John’s Wood and also the Herefordshire Jewish community.
