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Chief Judge Christina Inglis was sworn in as Kaiwhakawā o Te Kōti Take Mahi o Aotearoa ǀ the Employment Court of New Zealand, in 2011 and appointed as Kaiwhakawā Matua ǀ Chief Judge six years later.
She holds an LLM (Hons) from Victoria University and an MA (Hons) from Canterbury University. She was a Crown Counsel for many years, with a primary focus on civil litigation, public law and employment law, and led the Human Rights Team at Crown Law prior to her appointment to the bench.
Chief Judge Inglis was formerly on the Advisory Board of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice; is a member of the Access to Justice Advisory Group and was Chair of Te Awa Tuia Tangata for three years.
In 2023 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Te Herenga Waka ǀ Victoria University in recognition of her contribution to the law, and in September 2025 made an Adjunct Professor of Law at Te Piringa | Waikato University.