Masters of the Bench

Bench name Call Date Bench Call Date Seniority
His Honour John Colyer KC 10.02.1959 27.10.1983 9
Hugh Carlisle KC 07.02.1961 20.06.1985 15
The Rt Hon the Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony 20.07.1965 18.06.1987 21
Miss Sheila Cameron CBE KC 09.07.1957 27.06.1988 26
Miss Diana Cotton KC 23.06.1964 22.11.1990 42
The Rt Hon Lord Carnwath 18.07.1968 07.03.1991 46
The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Clarke 25.11.1969 21.11.1991 52
Sir Andrew Collins 09.02.1965 20.07.1992 55
Michael Crystal KC 24.11.1970 22.11.1993 65
Sir David Calvert-Smith 25.11.1969 14.03.1994 66
His Honour Peter Cowell 23.06.1964 11.03.1997 91
The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres KCVO, DD 22.10.1997 98
Sir Paul Coleridge 16.07.1970 07.03.2000 127
Jeremy Carter-Manning KC 29.04.1975 16.07.2002 174
Roderick Cordara KC 17.07.1975 16.07.2002 175
Michael Crane KC 25.11.1975 16.07.2002 176
His Honour Jeremy Connor 21.11.1961 07.05.2003 188
Dato' Param Cumaraswamy 07.10.2003 197
Andrew Campbell KC 22.11.1972 21.03.2005 236
His Honour Gerald Clifton 16.07.1970 21.03.2006 262
His Honour Christopher Compston 09.02.1965 02.05.2006 264
The Right Hon The Baroness Chakrabarti CBE 13.10.1994 07.11.2006 275
The Rt Hon David Cameron 26.11.2007 293
Sir Sumantra Chakrabarti KCB 03.02.2009 320
John Cone 17.07.1975 30.06.2009 328
The Hon Mr Justice Edwin Cameron 30.06.2009 335
Mrs Bertha Cooper-Rousseau 25.11.1993 13.10.2009 339
Andrew Clarke 29.07.1982 24.11.2009 348
His Honour Judge Nicholas Cooke KC 22.11.1977 29.06.2010 366
Richard Clayton KC 22.11.1977 12.10.2010 373
Miss Natalie Clein OBE 11.10.2011 407
John Cooper KC 28.07.1983 27.03.2012 424
Nick Critelli 25.07.1991 21.06.2012 429
Philip Cayford KC 17.07.1975 16.04.2013 451
Her Honour Judge Coe KC 28.07.1983 15.10.2013 467
Charles Cory-Wright KC 07.02.1984 26.11.2013 481
Professor Hugh Collins 11.02.2014 487
Miss Jane Cross KC 29.07.1982 22.07.2014 499
The Hon Mr Justice John Cavanagh 26.11.1985 24.11.2015 550
Ms Andrea Coomber 09.02.2016 556
His Honour Judge Cross KC 23.11.1982 12.04.2016 559
Michael Collard 24.07.1986 12.04.2016 560
Mr Winston Chu 17.10.2017 609
The Hon Mr Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice of Ireland 26.03.2018 622
Aidan Christie KC 28.07.1988 17.04.2018 628
Clive Coleman 17.04.2018 631
The Hon Mrs Justice Campbell-Moffat 23.07.1987 21.09.2018 646
Miss Rachel Crasnow KC 24.11.1994 09.04.2019 669
Ms Joanna Cherry KC MP 16.07.2019 681
The Hon Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain 09.10.1997 04.02.2020 695
David Casement KC 13.10.1992 09.07.2020 700
Simon Callow CBE 06.10.2021 718
Nicholas Coleridge CBE 06.10.2021 719
The Hon Mrs Justice Rowena Collins Rice DBE CB 19.10.2021 726
Miss Jennifer Carter-Manning KC 14.10.1999 23.11.2021 731
Michael M Collins SC 29.11.2022 760
Professor Martin John Chalkley 24.10.2023 784
Professor Sarah Cleveland 28.11.2023 789
Alex Chalk Esq 11.10.2001 28.11.2023 791
The Hon Mr Justice Brian Cregan 08.03.2024 795
Craig Carr Esq 24.11.2005 08.04.2025 829