Bobbie Cheema-Grubb

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.

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb
DBE
Justice of the High Court
Assumed office
25 November 2015
Preceded bySir Kenneth Parker
Personal details
Born
Parmjit-kaur Cheema

(1966-10-06) 6 October 1966
United Kingdom
Spouse
Russell Grubb
​
(m. 1990)​
Children3
EducationCity of Leeds School
King's College London

Early life and education

Parmjit-kaur Cheema was born to Indian 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".

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]

Judiciary

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]

Personal life

In 1990, she married Russell Grubb and they have three children.[10] She is a practising Christian.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Senior Judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. "Dame Parmjit Kaur (Bobbie) Cheema-Grubb DBE became the first Asian woman judge in the High Court in October 2015". Twitter.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. Kumar, Reena (12 November 2015). "Bobbie Cheema-Grubb: First Asian woman judge in high court". EasternEye. London, UK. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. "Law Diary". The Times. London, UK. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "First Asian female High Court judge sworn in". BBC News. BBC. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. "High Court Judge Appointment: Cheema-Grubb". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. Wilson, Mairi. "Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb". graysinn.org.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. Davies, Caroline (23 October 2015). "High court appoints Bobbie Cheema-Grubb as its first Asian female judge". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  9. "Two more women elevated to High Court bench". Law Society Gazette. London, UK. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. "Ancestry Library Edition". Search.ancestrylibrary.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. "Christian barrister becomes first Asian female High Court judge". Premier.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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