Lady Justice May
OfficeLady Justice of Appeal
Term start13 November 2025
Office 2High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Term start 22015
Term end 22025
Birth date21 March 1961 (age 65)
Alma materWadham College, Oxford
Honorific suffixDBE
Honorific prefixThe Right Honourable

Dame Juliet Mary May (born 21 March 1961),[1] styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice May, is a judge of Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1]

May was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1988. She was appointed Queen's Counsel and a Circuit Judge in 2008.[2] She was a judge of the King's Bench Division from 2015 to 2025.[1]

She was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal and sworn of the Privy Council in December 2025.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Senior Judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ "High Court Judge Appointment: May". Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Orders for 10 December 2025". Privy Council Office. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.