He was previously President of the Queen's Bench Division, at the time a newly created post assuming responsibilities transferred from the office of lord chief justice.

[3] He was awarded an Open Exhibition to study History and Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1959, and he graduated BA in 1962.

On 10 October 1988, Judge was appointed a Justice of the High Court,[4] assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, and awarded the customary knighthood.

[citation needed] On 3 October 2005, he was appointed the first President of the Queen's Bench Division,[7] when that post was split from that of Lord Chief Justice.

[17] This was despite a number of media reports listing him by that title, especially when discussing nominative determinism.