Her Honour Judge Georgina Kent was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1989. She became a Circuit judge in 2009 and in 2014 she was elected a Master of the Bench by Gray’s Inn. In 2024 she became the Inn’s Master of Students, representing the students’ interests and sitting on the Inn’s Education Committee She regularly participates in events organised for students, to get to know them and to be a source of advice, support, and encouragement.
Georgina practised as a barrister at 5 Essex Chambers (1989 to 2009) specialising in public law, civil liberties and discrimination including civil claims against the police, civil jury trials, inquests, employment tribunals and police misconduct.
“Gray’s Inn’s toast is Domus, which means “home” and Gray’s is my professional family. The Inn has provided me with both professional support and fellowship. My friends from Bar School have become those for life. I’m immensely proud that Benchers and barristers make a real difference in giving their time to train aspiring students. When I was a pupil the current Master of Students, Mr Justice Auld, allowed me to be his Marshall in Bristol. This unforgettable experience further fuelled my determination to succeed at the Bar. The best part of being a Bencher is the privilege of participating in the magic of Call Night. Witnessing the pride of families as students are published barristers is a wonderful and rejuvenating experience. It’s the reward that makes it all worthwhile.”
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Her Honour Judge Georgina Kent sits as a Circuit judge at Kingston Crown Court.
In 2023 she was appointed Senior Vice President to the Council of His Majesty’s Circuit judges (the representative body of Circuit judges in England and Wales), and in 2024 was appointed President of the COCJ.
She has been a Judicial College Criminal Course Director since 2020 and a Judicial College Tutor Judge since 2016 in Crime and Serious Sexual Offences.