Lord Justice Fulford is to be appointed vice-president of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in October, succeeding Lady Justice Hallett. Fulford LJ was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978, took silk in 1994, became a High Court judge in 2002 and joined the Court of Appeal in 2013. He has enjoyed some firsts in his career: in 2003, he became one of the first 18 judges of the International Criminal Court, where he served until 2012. In 2017, he was appointed as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner.
05 June 2019
Lord Justice Fulford appointed
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