Sarah Asplin

The Right Honourable Dame Sarah Jane Asplin DBE (born 16 September 1959) is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. She was granted the customary appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on appointment as a High Court judge in 2012, becoming the third woman appointed to the Chancery Division.^[1]

Education

Asplin attended Southampton Sixth Form College for Girls and read law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, earning a BA in Law in 1982 (MA (Cantab) 1986). ^{[citation needed]} She went on to obtain the degree of BCL at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.^[2]

Asplin was called to the bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1984 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2002.^[3] She became the Head of Chambers at 3 Stone Buildings in 2009,^[4] and was a deputy High Court Judge until her appointment to the High Court on 1 October 2012 as the Honourable Mrs Justice Asplin. She was the third woman to be assigned to the Chancery Division, after Mary Arden and Sonia Proudman.^[5]

She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 7 October 2017.^[7]

^ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.
^ St Edmund Hall, Oxford
^ "No. 56538". The London Gazette. 16 April 2002. p. 1.
^ "Sarah Asplin QC appointed as Judge". 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Asplin" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2012. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ London Gazette notice of elevation of Mrs Justice Asplin to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE); accessed 8 December 2014.
^ https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2881036

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