Serving since 2020 as Recorder of London, the most senior Circuit judge at the Old Bailey, Lucraft was Chief Coroner of England and Wales from 2016 to 2020.
[3] Prominent cases include a life sentence in 2024 for Fiona Beal, who murdered her partner Nicholas Billingham in 2021.
[8] In 2020, before relinquishing the role of Chief Coroner, he became Recorder of London, the senior judge at the Old Bailey.
[9] By tradition, the Recorder of London is also appointed High Steward of Southwark,[11] and Lucraft accordingly occupies this role.
[12] In October 2023, he ruled that the name and date of birth of the police officer who shot Chris Kaba could be made public on 30 January 2024.