Masters of the Bench

Chief Justice of Gibraltar since February 2010, Master Dudley is the first Gibraltarian to be appointed to that office on a non-acting basis.  He was Called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1989.  After some years in private practice he became Registrar to the Supreme Court and acted as additional Stipendiary in that period.  After a return to private practice he again joined the Gibraltar courts as Stipendiary Magistrate and Coroner.  It was in his post as Additional Judge that he subsequently became acting Chief Justice.