Appointment of Senior Judicial Commissioner – Lord Justice Dove
His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Lord Justice Dove as a Senior Judicial Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for 3 years commencing 1 March 2026.
JAC Commissioners are appointed, under Schedule 12(1) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, by His Majesty the King on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. The appointment of The Right Honourable Lord Justice Dove was made in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Judicial Appointments Commission Regulations 2013.
By virtue of this appointment and being the most senior of judicial office holders who are Commissioners, the Right Honourable Lord Justice Dove will be JAC Vice Chair.
Lord Justice Dove was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1986 and took Silk in 2003. He was appointed a High Court Judge to the Queen’s Bench Division (now the King’s Bench Division) in 2014, and as a Member of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in 2015. From 2018 to 2021 he served as a Presiding Judge on the Northern Circuit.
He was appointed the President of the Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber in October 2022, and in February 2025 he was appointed the Deputy Senior President of Tribunals. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal in November 2025.