{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Her Honour | name = Judge Durran | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | order = | office = Chief Coroner of England and Wales | status = <!--If this is specified, overrides Incumbent.--> | term_start = 25 May 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Thomas Teague | successor = <!-- Personal --> | birth_name = Alexia Grainne Durran | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}} <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | party = | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | education = | alma_mater = St Catharine's College, Cambridge <br /> University of Westminster | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | awards = }} '''Alexia Grainne Durran''' (born 1971) is a British barrister, judge and coroner. Since May 2024, she has been the Chief Coroner of England and Wales.<ref name="Appointment CC CTJ">{{cite web |title=Appointment of new Chief Coroner |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/appointment-of-new-chief-coroner-2/ |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=20 May 2024}}</ref> Having been called to the bar in 1995, she was made a circuit judge in 2014 and deputy chief coroner in 2019.<ref name="former 23">{{cite web |title=Former member of 23 Essex Street, HHJ Alexia Durran , is appointed as a Deputy Chief Coroner |url=https://www.23es.com/a-former-member-of-23-essex-street-hhj-alexia-durran-is-appointed-as-a-deputy-chief-coroner/ |website=23es |publisher=23 Essex Street |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Durran was born in 1971.<ref name="WW 24">{{cite web |title=Durran, Alexia Grainne, (born 10 July 1971), a Circuit Judge, since 2014; a Senior Circuit Judge, since 2021; Deputy Chief Coroner, since 2019 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U282635 |website=Who's Who 2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=14 October 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 2023}}</ref> She was educated at Lady Manners School, a comprehensive school in Bakewell, Derbyshire.<ref name="WW 24" /> She studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992.<ref name="WW 24" /><ref name="Catz">{{Cite tweet |author= St Catharine's College |author-link= St Catharine's College, Cambridge |user= Catz_Cambridge |number= 1795730600520733090 |date= 29 May 2024 |title= We are proud that Catz alumna Her Honour Judge Alexia Durran (1989, English) has been appointed as Chief Coroner of England and Wales – the first woman to hold this position. Read more: https://judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/appointment-of-new-chief-coroner-2/ 📸: Christine Matthews, http://Geograph.com#CambridgeAlumni |access-date= 16 October 2024 |link= |url-status= }}</ref> She completed the Common Professional Examination via University of Westminster.<ref name="WW 24" />
==Legal career== Durran was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1995.<ref name="WW 24" /><ref name="Senior CTJ">{{cite web |title=Appointment as a Senior Circuit Judge, Central Criminal Court: Durran |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/appointment-as-a-senior-circuit-judge-central-criminal-court-durran/ |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |access-date=14 October 2024 |date=4 May 2021}}</ref> She then practised as a criminal law barrister and belonged the 23 Essex Street chambers.<ref name="former 23" /> On 23 October 2009, she was appointed as a recorder, a type of part-time judge.<ref name="LG 2 November 2009">{{London Gazette |issue= 59230 |date= 2 November 2009 |pages = 18851–18852 |supp= }}</ref>
On 6 November 2014, Durran was made a circuit judge, thereby becoming a full-time member of the judiciary;<ref name="LG 11 November 2014">{{London Gazette |issue= 61045 |date= 11 November 2014 |page = 21862 |supp= }}</ref> she sat at Guildford Crown Court.<ref name="DCC judiciary" /> Additionally, she was made a tribunal judge, specialising in mental health cases, in 2017,<ref name="former 23" /> and then also appointed one of two deputy chief coroners in January 2019.<ref name="DCC judiciary">{{cite web |title=Deputy Chief Coroner appointments |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/deputy-chief-coroner-appointments/ |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |access-date=16 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729091240/https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/deputy-chief-coroner-appointments/ |archive-date=29 July 2019 |date=14 January 2019}}</ref> On 5 July 2021, she was promoted to senior circuit judge, based at the Central Criminal Court (i.e. the Old Bailey).<ref name="Senior CTJ" /> On 25 May 2024, she was appointed Chief Coroner of England and Wales for a three-year term.<ref name="Appointment CC CTJ" />
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