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 Diana Cotton KC 23.06.1964 22.11.1990 40
The Rt Hon Lord Carnwath 18.07.1968 07.03.1991 44
The Rt Hon Sir Christopher Clarke 25.11.1969 21.11.1991 50
Sir Andrew Collins 09.02.1965 20.07.1992 53
Michael Crystal KC 24.11.1970 22.11.1993 63
Sir David Calvert-Smith 25.11.1969 14.03.1994 64
His Honour Peter Cowell 23.06.1964 11.03.1997 89
The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres KCVO, DD 22.10.1997 96
Sir Paul Coleridge 16.07.1970 07.03.2000 125
Jeremy Carter-Manning KC 29.04.1975 16.07.2002 172
Roderick Cordara KC 17.07.1975 16.07.2002 173
Michael Crane KC 25.11.1975 16.07.2002 174
His Honour Jeremy Connor 21.11.1961 07.05.2003 186
Dato' Param Cumaraswamy 07.10.2003 195
Andrew Campbell KC 22.11.1972 21.03.2005 234
His Honour Gerald Clifton 16.07.1970 21.03.2006 260
His Honour Christopher Compston 09.02.1965 02.05.2006 262
The Right Hon The Baroness Chakrabarti CBE 13.10.1994 07.11.2006 273
The Rt Hon David Cameron 26.11.2007 291
Sir Sumantra Chakrabarti KCB 03.02.2009 318
John Cone 17.07.1975 30.06.2009 326
The Hon Mr Justice Edwin Cameron 30.06.2009 333
Mrs Bertha Cooper-Rousseau 25.11.1993 13.10.2009 337
Andrew Clarke 29.07.1982 24.11.2009 346
His Honour Judge Nicholas Cooke KC 22.11.1977 29.06.2010 364
Richard Clayton KC 22.11.1977 12.10.2010 371
Miss Natalie Clein OBE 11.10.2011 405
John Cooper KC 28.07.1983 27.03.2012 422
Nick Critelli 25.07.1991 21.06.2012 427
Philip Cayford KC 17.07.1975 16.04.2013 449
Her Honour Judge Coe KC 28.07.1983 15.10.2013 465
Charles Cory-Wright KC 07.02.1984 26.11.2013 479
Professor Hugh Collins 11.02.2014 485
Miss Jane Cross KC 29.07.1982 22.07.2014 497
The Hon Mr Justice John Cavanagh 26.11.1985 24.11.2015 548
Ms Andrea Coomber 09.02.2016 554
His Honour Judge Cross KC 23.11.1982 12.04.2016 557
Michael Collard 24.07.1986 12.04.2016 558
Mr Winston Chu 17.10.2017 607
The Hon Mr Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice of Ireland 26.03.2018 620
Aidan Christie KC 28.07.1988 17.04.2018 626
Clive Coleman 17.04.2018 629
The Hon Mrs Justice Campbell-Moffat 23.07.1987 21.09.2018 644
Miss Rachel Crasnow KC 24.11.1994 09.04.2019 667
Ms Joanna Cherry KC MP 16.07.2019 679
The Hon Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain 09.10.1997 04.02.2020 693
David Casement KC 13.10.1992 09.07.2020 698
Simon Callow CBE 06.10.2021 716
Nicholas Coleridge CBE 06.10.2021 717
The Hon Mrs Justice Rowena Collins Rice DBE CB 19.10.2021 724
Miss Jennifer Carter-Manning KC 14.10.1999 23.11.2021 729
Michael M Collins SC 29.11.2022 758
Professor Martin John Chalkley 24.10.2023 782
Professor Sarah Cleveland 28.11.2023 787
Alex Chalk Esq 11.10.2001 28.11.2023 789
The Hon Mr Justice Brian Cregan 08.03.2024 793
Craig Carr Esq 24.11.2005 08.04.2025 827