Dame Gwynneth Frances Dietlinde Knowles DBE (born 11 July 1962), styled Mrs Justice Knowles is a British High Court judge of the Family Division.

Born in Oxford, Knowles attended Southill Sixth Form College. She was called to the bar in 1993 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2011. She previously worked for Atlantic Chambers in Liverpool.

Gwynneth Knowles

She is fluent in German.

Gwynneth Knowles

In 2007, she was appointed as a fee-paid Tribunal Judge for the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

Gwynneth Knowles

In 2017, she was appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to the Family Division. She received the customary damehood from Elizabeth II in the same year.

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1962 births

Living people

Family Division judges

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire