Malcolm Leslie Bishop KC (born 9 October 1944) is a Welsh lawyer and translator.
[1] Bishop was educated at Ruabon Grammar School and Regent's Park College, Oxford, of which he is now Honorary Standing Counsel.
He serves as a Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder of the Crown Court, Chairman of the Isle of Man Legal Services Commission, Bencher of the Inner Temple, and a member of the Family Law Bar Association Committee and he was formerly a member of the Bar Council.
He has also been a Prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, standing for Bath in February 1974 and October 1974.
[3] On 1 September 2024, he became the first openly gay Lord Chief Justice and President of the Land Court of the Kingdom of Tonga.