Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill

Dame Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill (born 1 September 1964) is a British judge who has served as Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales since 1 October 2023, having earlier sat as a High Court judge from 2013 to 2020 and a Lady Justice of Appeal from 2020 to 2023. She is the first woman to head the judiciary of England and Wales since the office of Lord Chief Justice was created in the thirteenth century, chose the style Lady Chief Justice in place of the traditional title, and was sworn in on 2 October 2023 in a ceremony that was the first such occasion to be livestreamed. She was created a life peer in November 2023. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/