Alison Foster

{{Use British English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] |name = Mrs Justice Foster |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE|size=100%}} |image = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Tudor crown).svg |caption = |office = [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court Judge]]<br>King's Bench Division |term_start = 1 October 2019 |term_end = |monarch = |birth_date = 22 January 1957<ref name=Foster>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/high-court/queens-bench-division/judges/ |title=Queen's Bench Division |publisher=Courts and Tribunals: Judiciary |accessdate=23 September 2021}}</ref> |birth_place = |children = 3 |spouse = {{marriage|[[Havelock-Allan baronets|Sir Mark Havelock-Allan, 5th Baronet]]|22 May 1986}} |alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Oxford]] |profession = [[Barrister]] |yearsactive = }}

'''Dame Alison Lee Caroline Foster, Lady Havelock-Allan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE}} (born 22 January 1957),<ref name=Foster /> styled '''The Hon Mrs Justice Foster''', is a British barrister and [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|judge of the High Court of England and Wales]].

Foster was appointed to the [[High Court of England and Wales]] in October 2019, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

==Personal==

Foster married [[Havelock-Allan baronets|Sir Mark Havelock-Allan]] on 22 May 1986. They have three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75570252 |title=Alison Foster|publisher=Wikidata|accessdate=23 September 2021}}</ref>

==Education==

Foster attended [[Jesus College, Oxford]] where she read English, and then the [[The Courtauld Institute of Art|Courtauld Institute of Art]], where she read for an [[Master of Philosophy|MPhil]] in illuminated texts. She subsequently studied the law conversion course at London's [[City, University of London|City University]] with the benefit of a scholarship from Jesus College. She was elected an Hon. Fellow of Jesus College in 2020.<ref name=Jesus />

==Career==

Foster practised in tax and administrative law at [[39 Essex Street|39 Essex Chambers]], where she rose to be joint head of chambers, before she was appointed a judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.39essex.com/alison-foster-qc-appointed-to-the-high-court/ |title=Alison Foster QC appointed to the High Court |date=13 August 2019 |accessdate=23 September 2021}}</ref>

Foster was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1984, and appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 2002. In the same year she was elected a Bencher of Inner Temple. She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 2008 and in the Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, in 2018. <ref name=Jesus>{{cite web|url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/our-community/people/dame-alison-foster-qc/ |title=Dame Alison Foster QC |work=Jesus College |publisher=Jesus College, Oxford |accessdate=23 September 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Queen's Bench Division of England & Wales}}

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