Dame Geraldine Andrews DBE studied law at King’s College London and was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1981. She started practice from a leading set of commercial chambers in 1983 on completion of pupillage. Her practice at the commercial bar was based on the key areas of shipping, reinsurance and international trade but evolved to include banking, finance and company disputes and other matters with a chancery flavour.

She was appointed as a Recorder on the Midland Circuit and QC in 2001 and became a Deputy High Court Judge in 2005. She was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2013 and began sitting in the Planning Court in 2015. She is the co-author of The Law of Guarantees (7th edn 2015) and has contributed to a book on international arbitration in Singapore.

In October, Mrs Justice Andrews will be sworn in as a Lady Justice of Appeal.