Sir James Michael Dingemans (born 25 June 1964), styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans, is a judge of the Court of Appeal, having previously served as a High Court judge.

Legal career

Dingemans was called to the bar at

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in 1987. He practised from Chambers a
3 Hare Court
He became a

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and a Recorder in 2002 and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge from 2010. On 10 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary

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in the

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, and assigned to the

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. On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a

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and has since 5 February 2020 been Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division. He is the co-author, with Can Yeginsu, Tom Cross, and Hafsa Masood of a leading textbook ''The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice'', published by

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1964 births Living people Alumni of Mansfield College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple 21st-century English judges Queen's Bench Division judges Knights Bachelor 21st-century King's Counsel Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{UK-law-bio-stub