# Alison Foster

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The Honourable Mrs Justice Foster DBE High Court Judge King's Bench Division Incumbent Assumed office 1 October 2019 Personal details Born 22 January 1957[1] Spouse Sir Mark Havelock-Allan, 5th Baronet ​ ​ (m. 1986)​ Children 3 Alma mater Jesus College, Oxford Profession Barrister

**Dame Alison Lee Caroline Foster, Lady Havelock-Allan** [DBE](/source/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 22 January 1957),[1] styled **The Hon Mrs Justice Foster**, is a British barrister and [judge of the High Court of England and Wales](/source/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)).

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

## Personal

Foster married [Sir Mark Havelock-Allan](/source/Havelock-Allan_baronets) on 22 May 1986. They have three children.[2]

## Education

Foster attended [Jesus College, Oxford](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Oxford) where she read English, and then the [Courtauld Institute of Art](/source/The_Courtauld_Institute_of_Art), where she read for an [MPhil](/source/Master_of_Philosophy) in illuminated texts. She subsequently studied the law conversion course at London's [City University](/source/City%2C_University_of_London) with the benefit of a scholarship from Jesus College. She was elected an Hon. Fellow of Jesus College in 2020.[3]

## Career

Foster practised in tax and administrative law at [39 Essex Chambers](/source/39_Essex_Street), where she rose to be joint head of chambers, before she was appointed a judge.[4]

Foster was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1984, and appointed [Queen's Counsel](/source/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. [3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Foster_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Foster_1-1) ["Queen's Bench Division"](https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/high-court/queens-bench-division/judges/). Courts and Tribunals: Judiciary. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Alison Foster"](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75570252). Wikidata. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Jesus_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Jesus_3-1) ["Dame Alison Foster QC"](https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/our-community/people/dame-alison-foster-qc/). *Jesus College*. Jesus College, Oxford. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Alison Foster QC appointed to the High Court"](https://www.39essex.com/alison-foster-qc-appointed-to-the-high-court/). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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