<P> Between 1999 and 2005, Choudhury was a member of the Attorney General's panel of approved counsel in which capacity he acted for and advised the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence, HM Revenue and Customs and other Government departments . Between 2009 and 2011, he was a committee member of the Employment Law Bar Association . He was one of the standing counsel for the Information Commissioner's Office . </P> <P> In 2009, Choudhury was appointed as a recorder on the South East Circuit . In 2015, he was awarded Queen's Counsel . In 2016, he was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge . </P> <P> In August 2017, Choudhury was one of the five new appointees as judges of the High Court of Justice, effective from 2 October . He was the first British person of Bangladeshi origin to have been appointed as a Justice of the British High Court and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales . Choudhury is among two Bangladesh - origin Queen's Counsels . </P> <P> Choudhury was a long - standing member of the Attorney General's A-panel of Approved Counsel and worked as a law adviser for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence, HM Revenue and Customs and various other government departments . He was retained as counsel for the Information Commissioner and has appeared in many cases in the developing area of freedom of information and Data Protection law . </P>

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