# Alexia Durran

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'''Alexia Grainne Durran''' (born 1971) is a British [barrister](/source/barrister), judge and [coroner](/source/coroner). Since May 2024, she has been the [Chief Coroner of England and Wales](/source/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](/source/called_to_the_bar) in 1995, she was made a [circuit judge](/source/Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)) 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](/source/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](/source/Lady_Manners_School), a comprehensive school in [Bakewell](/source/Bakewell), Derbyshire.<ref name="WW 24" /> She studied English at [St Catharine's College, Cambridge](/source/St_Catharine's_College%2C_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](/source/Common_Professional_Examination) via [University of Westminster](/source/University_of_Westminster).<ref name="WW 24" />

==Legal career==
Durran was called to the bar at [Middle Temple](/source/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](/source/barrister) and belonged the 23 Essex Street [chambers](/source/Barristers'_chambers).<ref name="former 23" /> On 23 October 2009, she was appointed as a [recorder](/source/Recorder_(judge)), 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](/source/Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)), 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](/source/Crown_Court).<ref name="DCC judiciary" /> Additionally, she was made a [tribunal](/source/Tribunals_in_the_United_Kingdom) 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](/source/Old_Bailey)).<ref name="Senior CTJ" /> On 25 May 2024, she was appointed [Chief Coroner of England and Wales](/source/Chief_Coroner_of_England_and_Wales) for a three-year term.<ref name="Appointment CC CTJ" />

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