Mr Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury QC a UofG physics graduate is now a Justice of the High Court in England with effect from 2 October 2017.‌A University of Glasgow graduate has been appointed a High Court Judge in England and Wales. A formal announcement said the Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mr Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury QC to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 2 October 2017.

Mr Choudhury, who is 50, will work on the Queen’s Bench Division.

Akhlaq Choudhury was born in Winchester to parents who had settled in the UK from Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). He grew up on the outskirts of Glasgow where he attended Bishopbriggs High School. He was the first in his family to attend university, graduating from the University of Glasgow in physics and then from the University of London (SOAS) with a first in law.

He was called to the Bar in 1992 and was a member of the Attorney General’s A and B panels of Treasury Counsel. In 2009, he was appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2015 and a deputy high court judge in 2016.

First published: 22 August 2017

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