Bobbie Cheema-Grubb
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Kenneth Parker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Parmjit-kaur Cheema 6 October 1966 United Kingdom |
| Spouse |
Russell Grubb (m. 1990) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | City of Leeds School King's College London |
Dame Parmjit Kaur "Bobbie" Cheema-Grubb, DBE (née Cheema; born 6 October 1966), styled Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, is a judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.[1][2] She is the first Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.
Early life and education[edit]
Parmjit-kaur Cheema was born to Sikh Punjabi parents who came to the United Kingdom from India in the 1960s.[3] She grew up in Leeds, and attended City of Leeds School before studying law at King's College London.[4][5]
Legal career[edit]
Cheema-Grubb was called to the bar in 1989 by Gray's Inn.[6][7] In 2006, she became the first Asian woman to be appointed a Junior Treasury Counsel.[4] In 2007, she became a recorder.
In 2013, she was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC).[6] She served as a Senior Treasury Counsel and was authorised to sit as a deputy High Court judge.[6] She chaired an Advocacy Training Council working group that produced the report "Raising the Bar: The Handling of Vulnerable Witnesses, Victims and Defendants in Court".[citation needed]
Cheema-Grubb successfully acted for the prosecution against retired Church of England bishop Peter Ball for sexual abuse[8] and against barrister and recorder Constance Briscoe for perverting the course of justice.[9]
Judiciary[edit]
On 22 October 2015, Cheema-Grubb's appointment as a High Court judge was announced.[6] She was sworn in on 25 November 2015.[5]
Personal life[edit]
In 1990, she married Russell Grubb and they have three children.[10] She is a practising Christian.[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Senior Judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Dame Parmjit Kaur (Bobbie) Cheema-Grubb DBE became the first Asian woman judge in the High Court in October 2015". Twitter.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Kumar, Reena (12 November 2015). "Bobbie Cheema-Grubb: First Asian woman judge in high court". EasternEye. London, UK. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Law Diary". The Times. London, UK. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b "First Asian female High Court judge sworn in". BBC News. BBC. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "High Court Judge Appointment: Cheema-Grubb". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Mairi. "Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb". graysinn.org.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Davies, Caroline (23 October 2015). "High court appoints Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as its first Asian female judge". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Two more women elevated to High Court bench". Law Society Gazette. London, UK. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". Search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Christian barrister becomes first Asian female High Court judge". Premier.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Alumni of King's College London
- Associates of King's College London
- Members of Gray's Inn
- 21st-century English judges
- British people of Indian descent
- British people of Punjabi descent
- People educated at Leeds City Academy
- Queen's Bench Division judges
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- English women judges
- Lawyers from Leeds
- 21st-century British women lawyers