Dame Caroline Jane Swift, Lady Openshaw, DBE (born 30 May 1955),[1] formerly styled The Hon.

The following year she began practising on the Northern Circuit, later becoming Assistant Recorder from 1992 until 1995, and QC in 1993.

[4] On 4 November 2005, Swift was created a DBE upon her appointment as a Justice of the High Court (Queen's Bench Division).

Her husband, Sir Peter Openshaw, is also a High Court Judge, and was sworn in on the same day.

[6] From 1 January 2017 Swift was appointed to the position of chair of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.