Julia Macur

{{Infobox Judge

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Lady Justice Macur

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

| imagesize = 100px

| caption = Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

| office = Lady Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 2013

| term_end =

| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III

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| office2 = High Court Judge
Family Division

| term_start2 = 2005

| term_end2 = 2020

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|04|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = United Kingdom

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| nationality = British

| alma_mater = University of Sheffield

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Dame Julia Wendy Macur, DBE (born 17 April 1957),{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/19937/Julia%20Wendy%20MACUR.aspx|work=Debrett's People of Today|title=The Hon Mrs Justice Macur, DBE|access-date=6 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215148/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/19937/Julia%20Wendy%20MACUR.aspx|archive-date=4 October 2013}} known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019, she was the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales.[https://www.gov.uk/government/people/justice-macur Profile: Lady Justice Macur DBE], www.gov.uk; accessed 1 January 2022.

She studied law at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 1978.[http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.87482!/file/YU4.pdf "Your University 2006/07", p. 35] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213718/http://www.shef.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.87482!/file/YU4.pdf |date=4 October 2013 }}, University of Sheffield website; retrieved 6 November 2012. She was called to the bar in 1979, and was a practising barrister on the Midland and Oxford Circuit between 1979 and 2005, working in Birmingham.[http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/3963427.City___s_first_female_High_Court_judge_honoured "City's first female High Court judge honoured"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212817/http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/3963427.City___s_first_female_High_Court_judge_honoured/ |date= 4 October 2013 }}, WorcesterNews.co.uk, 10 December 2008; retrieved 6 November 2012.

She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1998, and was a Recorder of the Crown Court between 1999 and 2005, when she was appointed to the High Court.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |title=Senior Judiciary |access-date=6 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803031806/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |archive-date=3 August 2012 }} On 1 October 2013, she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal.[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/appointment-of-lord-and-lady-justices-of-appeal Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal], number10.gov.uk; retrieved 23 March 2016.

In November 2012 she was appointed by Home Secretary Theresa May to review, the terms of the Waterhouse inquiry into the North Wales child abuse scandal, which had reported in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20221959|publisher=BBC News|title=May launches north Wales child abuse inquiry|date=6 November 2012|access-date=6 November 2012}}

In 2015, it was announced she would become Deputy Senior Presiding Judge from 1 January 2016 and Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from 1 January 2018;{{Cite web|title = Appointment of the Deputy Senior Presiding Judges and Senior Presiding Judges|url = https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/appointment-of-the-deputy-senior-presiding-judges-and-senior-presiding-judges|website = judiciary.gov.uk|access-date = 15 January 2016|archive-date = 14 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160114041137/https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/appointment-of-the-deputy-senior-presiding-judges-and-senior-presiding-judges/|url-status = dead}} this was brought forward to April 2017 on the appointment of Lord Justice Fulford as the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/investigatory-powers-commissioner-appointed-lord-justice-fulford|title=Investigatory Powers Commissioner appointed: Lord Justice Fulford}}