Dame Naomi Lisa Ellenbogen, Mrs Barklem DBE (born 20 March 1970)[1] is a British High Court Judge.
[3] Elected a Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn in 2014, she was appointed a Recorder in 2016 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2017.
[8] In August 2018, Boris Johnson, who was then Foreign Secretary, made comments about Islamic full-face coverings, writing in a newspaper article that women wearing them looked like "letterboxes" and "bank robbers".
This led to complaints against Johnson and an investigation to determine whether his remarks breached the Conservative Party code of conduct, and Ellenbogen was appointed to chair an independent panel to decide the matter.
She found that Johnson's use of language could be considered provocative but was not contrary to the party rules, which did not "override an individual’s right to freedom of expression".