She will be assigned to the Business and Property Division bringing over 33 years of experience as a barrister, and seven years of judicial experience as a Deputy High Court Judge and a Deputy First-Tier Tribunal Judge, to the role.

She was called to the Bar (Gray’s Temple) in 1993 and took Silk in 2018. She was appointed as a Deputy Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal in 2019 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2023.

She will be know as The Honourable Mrs Justice Rushton and will take up the appointment on 1 October 2026.