Talk:Deborah Taylor (judge)

Information Update Request - Judge Deborah Taylor

Dear Wikipedia Editors, I submitted a request on 11th May 2025 to update details held on the Wikipedia page for Judge Deborah Taylor as previous details held were inaccurate. Might you be able to advise please with regards to timings for publishing these correct details? Judge Taylor is currently the Chair for the Nottingham Inquiry and information should be accurately displayed to avoid any confusion if this page is viewed. Thank you Stephen 2A06:5904:812:7D00:ACA5:B79A:F485:E840 (talk) 09:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Request please to update Judge Deborah Taylor's page with updated details

• Judge Taylors page was recently updated to show the correct info. Thank you. This request is to add additional information please. Could the belo info please be added and include a link to the Nottingham Inquiry website, for which Judge Taylor is Chair. Info to be added is

Deborah Frances Taylor (born 18 December 1959) is a retired British barrister and Judge. Early Life and Education She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at Central Newcastle High School for Girls (GDST), before studying at Somerville College, Oxford from 1979 to 1982 graduating with a BA in Jurisprudence. She completed Bar Finals at the Inns of Court School of Law in1983. Legal Career Taylor was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1983 and practised at Crown Office Chambers, appearing in notable cases including Callery v Gray (HL)(2002) following the introduction of Conditional Fee Agreements.

Taylor was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1998, Recorder in 1999 before being appointed to the Circuit Bench in 2005. From 2013 she also sat as a s.9 Judge in the High Court Queen’s Bench Division and Administrative Court, and in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division. She was appointed a Judicial Appointments Commissioner from 2011 -2013. In 2016 she was appointed a Senior Circuit Judge, Resident Judge at Southwark Crown Court and Recorder of Westminster. Taylor presided primarily over serious and complex financial cases.Other notable cases including Balakrishnan (the Lambeth Slavery case) (2016), Gregor Matlok (2017) burglary in pursuit of Madonna, Rolf Harris (2017), the appeal of Amy Dalla Mura (2017) for harassment of Anna Soubry MP, sentencing of Julian Assange (2019) for failing to answer bail, Claudia Webbe (2022) appeal by MP against conviction for harassment, Hornberger (2021) stabbing outside the Home Office, and the trial of Boris Becker (2022). Taylor was made a Bencher of Inner Temple in 2010 , and served as Treasurer in 2022. After retiring from the Judiciary in December 2022 she became Chair of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service from March 2023 until April 2025 and was appointed Chair of the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board in July 2023. On 22 April 2025 Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmoud announced the appointment of Taylor as Chair of the Nottingham Inquiry into the 2023 attacks by Valdo Calocane during which three people were stabbed to death and three more seriously injured.:

• Judge Taylor was recently appointed Chair to the Inquiry and public may be viewing this Wikipedia site. It would be helpful to have full information shown together with a link to The Nottingham Inquiry website. Link to the website is shown below. Thank you:

Stephen Manger (talk) 13:25, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

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