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Dame Parmjit Kaur "Bobbie" Cheema-Grubb, DBE (née Cheema; born 6 October 1966), styled Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, is a judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.[1][2] She is the first Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb | |
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Justice of the High Court | |
Assumed office 25 November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Sir Kenneth Parker |
Personal details | |
Born | Parmjit-kaur Cheema 6 October 1966 United Kingdom |
Spouse |
Russell Grubb (m. 1990) |
Children | 3 |
Education | City of Leeds School King's College London |
Parmjit-kaur Cheema was born to Sikh Punjabi parents who came to the United Kingdom from India in the 1960s.[3] She grew up in Leeds, and attended City of Leeds School before studying law at King's College London.[4][5]
Cheema-Grubb was called to the bar in 1989 by Gray's Inn.[6][7] In 2006, she became the first Asian woman to be appointed a Junior Treasury Counsel.[4] In 2007, she became a recorder.
In 2013, she was appointed Queen's Counsel (QC).[6] She served as a Senior Treasury Counsel and was authorised to sit as a deputy High Court judge.[6] She chaired an Advocacy Training Council working group that produced the report "Raising the Bar: The Handling of Vulnerable Witnesses, Victims and Defendants in Court".[citation needed]
Cheema-Grubb successfully acted for the prosecution against retired Church of England bishop Peter Ball for sexual abuse[8] and against barrister and recorder Constance Briscoe for perverting the course of justice.[9]
On 22 October 2015, Cheema-Grubb's appointment as a High Court judge was announced.[6] She was sworn in on 25 November 2015.[5]
In 1990, she married Russell Grubb and they have three children.[10] She is a practising Christian.[11]
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