James Dingemans

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Lord Justice Dingemans

| image = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Tudor crown).svg

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| office1 = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start1 = 21 October 2019

| term_end1 =

| office2 = Justice of the High Court

| term_start2 = 10 June 2013

| term_end2 = 21 October 2019

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|6|25}}

| monarch =

| monarch1 = Elizabeth II
Charles III

}}

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 Inner Temple in 1987. He practised from Chambers at 3 Hare Court. He became a Queen's Counsel and a Recorder in 2002{{cite press release|url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial-appointments/judicial-220513-061 |title=High Court Appointment – Dingemans |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101100937/http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial-appointments/judicial-220513-061 |archivedate=1 January 2015 }} and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge from 2010.{{cite web |title=The Hon Mr Justice Dingemans |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/lord-justice-dingemans/|website=judiciary.uk

|date=August 2022 |accessdate=8 January 2023 }}

On 10 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge,{{London Gazette |issue=60533 |page=11671 |date=13 June 2013}} receiving the customary knighthood in 2014,{{London Gazette |issue=60791 |page=3889 |date=25 February 2014}} and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

On 13 November 2015, he presided over the sentencing for the murder of Becky Watts. Nathan Matthews was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years for murder, while Shauna Hoare was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for manslaughter.{{Cite news |date=2015-11-13 |title=Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare jailed for Becky Watts killing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34812317 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} At the end of the sentencing hearing, Dingemans wept as he paid tribute to the Watts' family for their courage and dignity.{{Cite news |date=2015-11-13 |title=Judge brought to tears as he concludes the Becky Watts trial |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2015-11-13/becky-watts-the-sentences-in-full |work=ITVX}}

On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal{{London Gazette |issue=62806 |page=19180 |date=24 October 2019}} and has since 5 February 2020 been Vice-President of the King's Bench Division.{{Cite web|title=Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division|url=https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/vice-president-of-the-queens-bench-division/|access-date=3 November 2020|website=judiciary.uk|date=6 February 2020 |language=en-US}}

He is the co-author, with Can Yeğinsu, Tom Cross, and Hafsah Masood of a leading textbook The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice, published by Oxford University Press.{{Cite book|last1=Dingemans|first1=Sir James|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-protections-for-religious-rights-9780199660964?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice|last2=Yeginsu|first2=Can|last3=Cross|first3=Tom|last4=Masood|first4=Hafsah|date=2013-10-31|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-966096-4|location=Oxford, New York}}

References

External links

[http://www.3harecourt.com 3 Hare Court]

Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of Mansfield College, Oxford

Category:Members of the Middle Temple

Category:21st-century English judges

Category:Queen's Bench Division judges

Category:Knights Bachelor

Category:21st-century King's Counsel

Category:Lord justices of appeal

Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom