Diversity and Community Relations Judges (DCRJs)

DCRJs cover the area surrounding their base court, unless specified otherwise. If you would like to contact your local DCRJ, you can do so by contacting their base court using the Court and Tribunal Finder. Alternatively, you can email the HR Diversity Team in the Judicial Office.

London and the South East

NameLocation
District Judge Yasmin AliDistrict Judge, Slough County Court
Tribunal Judge Thaira BibiFirst-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Taylor House)
His Honour Judge Mark BishopCambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Tracey BloomReading County Court
Her Honour Judge Margo BoyeCentral Family Court
Tribunal Judge Andrew BrewerFirst Tier, Social Entitlement Norwich and Cambridge District based in Norwich also covering Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and Ipswich
Tribunal Judge Shelley BrownleeHealth Education and Social Care Tribunal
Her Honour Judge Catherine BrownCanterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Sarah CampbellReading Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sandy CanavanSnaresbrook Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Surinder CapperWar Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (Fox Court, London)
Tribunal Judge David ChrimesFirst Tier Social Entitlement Chamber
His Honour Judge Edward ConnellIsleworth Crown Court
His Honour Judge Jonathan CooperAylesbury Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah DaviesCanterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Rosa DeanSnaresbrook Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Anuja Dhir KCCircuit Judge, Central Criminal Court
His Honour Judge Marc Dight CBE (Lead DCRJ)Central London County Court (Civil)
Tribunal Judge Nicholas EastermanFirst-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Hatton Cross)
District Judge Sarah EllingtonCourt of Protection (High Holborn)
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Karim EzzatWood Green Crown Court London
District Tribunal Judge Ita FarrellySocial Entitlement Chamber (Chelmsford, Essex)
His Honour Judge Simon FreelandCentral London County Court
District Tribunal Judge Clare GoodmanSocial Entitlement Chamber, First Tier Tribunal, London
Employment Judge Andrew Gumbiti-ZimutoEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Reading)
Tribunal Judge Neeti HariaFirst-tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Hatton Cross
District Tribunal Judge Clare HarringtonSocial Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Bexleyheath Social Security & Child Support Tribunal London
His Honour Judge Stephen HellmanCentral London County Court
His Honour Judge Michael HopmeierSouthwark Crown Court
Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) Tanweer Ikram CBE (Deputy Lead DCRJ)Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Tribunal Judge Safia ImanHealth, Education and Social Care Tribunal
His Honour Judge Kwame InyundoSnaresbrook Crown Court
Employment Judge Julia JonesEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (East London)
His Honour Judge Sandeep KainthSt Albans Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Therese KamaraUpper Tribunal Judge
Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Field House
Her Honour Judge Usha KaruInner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KCWood Green Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge John KeithUpper Tribunal Judge
Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Field House
Her Honour Judge Georgina KentKingston Crown Court
District Judge Nawal KumraiWillesden County Court
Employment Judge Tamara LewisEmployment Judge
London Central Employment Tribunal
Tribunal Judge Siew Ying LokeTaylor House Tribunal Hearing Centre (London)
His Honour Judge Gary LucieLewes Crown Court sitting at Chichester
His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KCCentral Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
Her Honour Judge Helen LustyBrighton Family Court
Her Honour Judge Kathryn MajorBromley County and Family Court
District Judge Shanti MaugerCentral London County Court
Tribunal Judge Jane McConnellHealth Education and Social Care Chamber (Royal Courts of Justice)
Regional Tribunal Judge Elizabeth McMahonSocial Security and Child Support (South East Region)
Her Honour Judge Barbara MensahWood Green Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Michael MichellProperty Chamber Land Registration Division National (Alfred Place, London)
Her Honour Judge Angela MorrisWinchester Crown Court
ICC Judge Mark MullenInsolvency and Companies Court
Her Honour Judge Freya NewberyInner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Azmat NisaGuildford and County Family Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah PanethIsleworth Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Hina RaiCroydon Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Khatun SapnaraEast London Family Court
His Honour Judge David SaundersCentral London County Court
Tribunal Judge Paul ShaerfTaylor House (London)
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Ken SheratonDJMC Peterborough Magistrates
His Honour Judge Bilal SiddiqueSt Albans Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Elizabeth SmallerCroydon Crown Court
His Honour Judge Philip StatmanMaidstone Crown Court
His Honour Judge James TaylerEmployment Appeals Tribunal, Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London
His Honour Judge Rufus TaylorGuildford Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Rebecca Trowler KCSenior Circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court
Tribunal Judge Scott TruemanDistrict Tribunal Judge, First-Tier Tribunal Health, Education & Social Care Chamber, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL
Her Honour Judge Sarah VennSouth Eastern Circuit – Kent, Surrey and Sussex
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Kathryn VerghisDistrict Judge (Magistrates’ Court)
Thames Valley Reading Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-SmithCambridge County Court
Tribunal Judge Ruth WayteFirst-tier Tribunal Eastern Residential Property Cambridge County Court
Her Honour Judge Caroline WiginSt Albans Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Christopher WilliamsChelmsford Magistrates Court

Midlands

NameLocation
District Tribunal Judge Mark AngusNorth Staffordshire Justice Centre
Tribunal Judge Shahzad AzizImmigration and Asylum First Tier, Birmingham
District Tribunal Judge Jane BealeSocial Entitlement Chamber (Birmingham)
His Honour Judge Jinder Singh BooraWalsall County Court
Employment Judge Veronica DeanEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Acting Regional Employment Judge Lorna FindlayEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Christopher GaskellEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Tribunal Judge Sukhi GillTribunal Judge Social Entitlement, Birmingham
Employment Judge Hilary HardingEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Pauline HughesEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
District Judge Sunita Mason CBENottingham County Court
His Honour Judge Abbas Mithani KCCoventry County Court
Regional Employment Judge Fiona MonkWPAFCC – Fox Court
His Honour Judge Ebraham MoonceyCrown Court Leicester and Northampton
His Honour Judge Avik MukherjeeBirmingham Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Joe NevilleFirst-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Leicester
His Honour Judge Keith RaynorCrown Court Leicester
District Judge Anthony Rich TDBirmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Tariq SadiqDesignated Civil Judge for Lincolnshire and Nottingham
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Michelle SmithDistrict Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Birmingham
Her Honour Judge Katherine TuckerBirmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre – County

North East

NameLocation
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Richard ClewsDistrict Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) for Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court
District Judge Dan Curtis (Magistrates Court)Grimsby Magistrates Court, South Humberside
His Honour Judge David DixonSheffield Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Carl GumsleyFirst Tier Tribunal (IAC), North Shields
District Judge Abigail HickinbottomDistrict Judge Sheffield Combined Court – County
Tribunal Judge David KellyTribunals Hearing Centre, Phoenix House (Bradford)
Tribunal Judge Habib KhanHealth, Education and Social Care Tribunal
His Honour Judge Mushtaq KhokharLeeds Combined Court Centre
Tribunal Judge Esther KibwanaDistrict Tribunal Judge    Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Leeds, North East
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Zoe PassfieldNorthumbria Magistrates Court
Tribunal Judge Rebecca PickeringImmigration and Asylum First Tier, Bradford
Tribunal Judge Laurence SafferTribunal Hearing Centre (Bradford)

North West

NameLocation
His Honour Judge Fayyaz Afzal CBEManchester Civil Justice Centre
District Judge Martin BlandFamily and County Court (Lancaster)
Her Honour Judge Louise BrandonLiverpool Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Gaenor BruceCivil Justice Centre (Bridge Street West, Manchester/ Holborn, London)
Employment Judge Mark ButlerEmployment Judge Manchester
HM Senior Coroner Kally CheemaHM Senior Coroner Cumbria
District Judge Natalie CuddyDJ St Helens County Court
Her Honour Judge Sara DoddPreston Combined Court (Crown)
Employment Judge Joanne DunlopEmployment Judge, Manchester Employment Tribunal
District Tribunal Judge Alex DuranceCivil Justice Centre, Manchester
His Honour Judge Tom GilbartManchester Crown Square Crown Court / Carlisle Combined Court
Her Honour Judge Leona HarrisonLeyland Family Hearing Centre
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Joanne HirstDJ(MC) Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court
Employment Judge Rebecca HowardManchester Employment Tribunals (Alexandra House)
HH Catherine HowellsLiverpool County Court
District Judge Sunil IyerManchester Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Andrew Jefferies KCPreston/Burnley/Barrow/Lancaster Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Jenny Lester- AshworthDistrict Tribunal Judge Social Security and Child Support Liverpool Tribunals Centre
Regional Tribunal Judge Rosemary LloydRegional Tribunal Judge Social Entitlement Chamber
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
District Judge David MerrillsLiverpool County Court (Civil)
District Judge Edel RomeCivil Justice Centre Manchester
Employment Judge Dawn ShotterEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Liverpool)
District Judge Graham StuartManchester County Court
District Judge Joanne WoodwardDJ Manchester County Court

Western

NameLocation
Tribunal Judge Lynn GriffinFirst Tier, General regulatory
Tribunal Judge Elizabeth JohnsonTribunal Judge Social Entitlement
Her Honour Judge Moira MacmillanBristol Crown Court
Regional Employment Judge Rohan PiraniBristol Civil Justice Centre
Employment Judge Nicholas RoperEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Plymouth/Bristol)
His Honour Judge Tim WalshCivil Circuit Judge in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset

Wales

NameLocation
District Tribunal Judge Marianne BennettSocial Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Wales
Regional Employment Judge Sian DaviesEmployment Tribunal England and Wales (Cardiff)
District Judge Bethan JaphethPrestatyn Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Milwyn Jarman KCCardiff Civil Justice Centre – County
District Judge Morgan JenkinsNewport Civil and Family Court – County
His Honour Judge Adem MuzafferCardiff Civil Justice Centre – County and Family
Her Honour Judge Wendy OwenBarnwr Cylchdaith/ Circuit Judge
Canolfan Cyfiawnder Caernarfon / Caernarfon Justice Centre
Tribunal Judge Stephen PoveyNewport Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
District Judge Jake PrattHaverfordwest and Aberystwyth County and Family Courts
Tribunal Judge Rhiannon PriceAsylum and Immigration Tribunal (Cardiff)
Her Honour Judge Catherine RichardsSwansea Crown Court
Employment Judge Tobias Vincent RyanEmployment Judge
Barnwr Cyflogaeth
Cymru Wales
Employment Judge Claire SharpEmployment Judge
Barnwr Cyflogaeth
Cymru Wales