District Judges

All judges are appointed by Royal Warrant upon recommendation by the Lord Chancellor.

The Bench covers seven regions: London, Midlands, North Eastern, Northern, South Eastern, Western and Wales. The region in which the judge sits is given below, along with their date of appointment.

Last updated: May 2022

Name	Circuit	Date of appointment
District Judge Adams	North Eastern	13 March 2018
District Judge Ahmed	South Eastern	1 August 2018
District Judge Shazia Ahmed	South Eastern	10 January 2022
District Judge Mark Andrews	Northern	1 August 2018
District Judge Susan Andrews	Wales	16 September 2019
District Judge Anson	Northern	1 July 2004
District Judge Armitage	Midland	16 September 2019
District Judge Armstrong	South Eastern	16 July 2018
District Judge Ashworth	South Eastern	14 January 2008
District Judge Atkin	South Eastern	23 December 2016
District Judge Avent	South Eastern	8 October 2003
District Judge Ayers	South Eastern	15 May 2000
District Judge Baddeley	North Eastern	20 April 2009
District Judge Bailey	Midland	26 March 2018
District Judge Baker	Northern	1 April 2006
District Judge Baldwin	Northern	1 May 2014
District Judge Barcello	Wales	5 March 2018
District Judge Bartley	Northern	2 December 2019
District Judge Batchelor	North Eastern	12 April 20 16
District Judge Batey	South Eastern	1 October 2014
District Judge Batten	South Eastern	23 March 2010
District Judge Beckley	South Eastern	3 April 2018
District Judge Beecham	South Eastern	4 November 2019
District Judge Raymond Bell	South Eastern	14 October 2011
District Judge Caroline Bell	South Eastern	1 October 2014
District Judge Jillian Bell	North Eastern	7 May 2014
District Judge Bennett	Wales	29 May 2015
District Judge Bever	Northern	1 November 2011
District Judge Birk	Northern	23 November 2021
District Judge Bishop	South Eastern	23 October 2007
District Judge Bland	Northern	2 February 2009
District Judge Bloom Davis	Western	6 May 2014
District Judge Boorman	North Eastern	20 January 2020
District Judge Bosman	South Eastern	19 May 2014
District Judge Bowen	Midland	16 Sep-19
District Judge Branchflower	North Eastern	1 March 2017
District Judge Bridger	Western	3 April 2018
District Judge Bridson	Midland	10 September 2018
District Judge Britton	Western	18 April 2016
District Judge Brooks	South Eastern	2 January 2008
District Judge Susan Brown	Northern	11 February 2013
District Judge Wendy Joy Brown	Western	3 February 2020
District Judge Buck	North Eastern	4 January 2022
District Judge Buckle	North Eastern	1 November 2021
District Judge Buckley-Clarke	South Eastern	11 April 2016
District Judge Bull	Midland	19 November 2007
District Judge Burrow	Northern	7 July 2014
District Judge Bury	Northern	28 October 2011
District Judge Buss	Midland	14 October 2019
District Judge Byass	Western	3 October 2016
District Judge Callaghan	South Eastern	3 April 2018
District Judge Campbell	Northern	5 October 2011
District Judge Capon	South Eastern	1 October 2014
District Judge Carneiro	Midland	2 November 2020
District Judge Carter	Northern	6 April 2020
District Judge James Carter	North Eastern	1 November 2021
District Judge Richard Case	South Eastern	30 April 2018
District Judge Cassidy	South Eastern	6 December 2021
District Judge Charnock-Neal	North Eastern	1 July 2013
District Judge Chesterfield	South Eastern	1 September 2003
District Judge Helen Clarke	South Eastern	12 March 2010
District Judge Lindsay Clarke	Northern	1 June 2020
District Judge Paul Clarke	Northern	1 August 2014
District Judge Coaker	Northern	11 May 2015
District Judge Coates	Wales	29 February 2016
District Judge Cohen	South Eastern	1 September 1998
District Judge David Collins	South Eastern	13 May 2002
District Judge John Collins	Wales	5 June 2017
District Judge Colvin	Northern	3 December 2018
District Judge Comiskey	South Eastern	16 April 2018
District Judge Cook	North Eastern	28 February 2017
District Judge Corkill	North Eastern	1 February 2010
District Judge Coulthard	North Eastern	27 October 2014
District Judge Coupland	South Eastern	17 January 2022
District Judge Cridge	South Eastern	26 March 2018
District Judge Crisp	Northern	2 June 2014
District Judge Cronshaw	South Eastern	1 November 2019
District Judge Crooknorth	Western	9 April 2018
District Judge Cuddy	Northern	11 March 2019
District Judge Daniel	North Eastern	13 March-18
District Judge Jeremy Davies	Northern	3 May 2011
District Judge Andrew Davies	South Eastern	9 May 2016
District Judge Malcolm Davies	Midland	5 October 2011
District Judge Clare Davies	North Eastern	3 September 2018
District Judge Davis	Western	6 October 2014
District Judge Dawson	Northern	18 January 2017
District Judge Judy Dawson	North Eastern	1 November 2021
District Judge Daley	South Eastern	6 December 2021
District Judge Deane	Northern	24 January 2017
District Judge Desai	South Eastern	14 January 2013
District Judge Devlin	South Eastern	12 June 2006
District Judge Dhadli	Midland	3 April 2018
District Judge Dias	South Eastern	5 May 2011
District Judge Dickinson	Midland	3 April 2018
District Judge Dignan	Northern	1 May 2002
District Judge Ditchfield	North Eastern	1 November 2021
District Judge Dixon	South Eastern	19 January 2009
District Judge Dodsworth	North Eastern	1 July 2014
District Judge Doyle	Northern	12 May 2008
District Judge Drayson	Midland	16 November 2020
District Judge Duddridge	South Eastern	11 April 2016
District Judge Earl	South Eastern	16 April 2018
District Judge Eaton-Hart	Western	19 March 2018
District Judge Elboz	Western	2 November 2020
District Judge Eldergill	South Eastern	23 March 2010
District Judge Ellery	Western	12 April 2018
District Judge Ellington	South Eastern	8 May 2018
District Judge Ellis	South Eastern	14 April 2014
District Judge Emery	Northern	7 February 2022
District Judge Emerson	Western	7 October 2019
District Judge England	Midland	25 February 2008
District Judge Etherington	Midland	23 February 2016
District Judge Evans	South Eastern	19 October 2020
District Judge Justin Evans	Wales	20 December 2021
District Judge Falvey	South Eastern	14 October 2011
District Judge Field	Western	5 May 2015
District Judge Fine	South Eastern	1 September 2003
District Judge Foss	South Eastern	16 June 2014
District Judge Foster	North Eastern	21 May 2018
District Judge Fouracre	Wales	1 November 2021
District Judge Gardner	North Eastern	1 April 2014
District Judge Geddes	North Eastern	2 April 2014
District Judge Gibson	Midland	12 August 2013
District Judge Giddins	Western	31 July 2018
District Judge Gilbertson	South Eastern	3 November 2014
District Judge Gilham	Northern	6 February 2006
District Judge Gill	South Eastern	2 June 2014
District Judge Gillespie	Midland	14 October 2019
District Judge Gilmore	Midland	23 March 2020
District Judge Glassbrook	Midland	8 May 2018
District Judge Glen	Western	18 April 2016
District Judge Goldberg	North Eastern	1 September 2011
District Judge Golding	Northern	9 April 2018
District Judge Goodall	Western	1 November 2021
District Judge Sarah Goodchild	Northern	11 October 2012
District Judge Emma Goodchild	South Eastern	1 May 2014
District Judge Gordon	Northern	24 March 2010
District Judge Gourley	Northern	14 October 2019
District Judge Graham	Northern	23 October 2019
District Judge Clare Graham	Northern	19 April 2022
District Judge Grand	Western	9 January 2006
District Judge Gray	Northern	11 October 2013
District Judge Greenan	North Eastern	18 April 2016
District Judge Griffith	Midland	1 September 2008
District Judge Richard Griffiths	Western	30 January 2017
District Judge Alison Griffiths	South Eastern	16 November 2020
District Judge Grosse	South Eastern	22 March 2006
District Judge Guinan	Wales	20 April 2009
District Judge Guirguis	Northern	8 November 2021
District Judge Guite	Northern	7 June 2017
District Judge Haisley	Northern	6 August 2018
District Judge Hale	Midland	5 November 2007
District Judge Hambler	North Eastern	18 November 2019
District Judge Stuart Hammond	South Eastern	1 October 2010
District Judge Fayaz Hammond	Midland	3 February 2020
District Judge Harper	South Eastern	30 June 2014
District Judge Harris	Wales	1 November 2021
District Judge Harrison	South Eastern	15 September 2014
District Judge Hart	South Eastern	5 September 2011
District Judge Janisse Hartley	South Eastern	1 October 2018
District Judge Catherine Hartley	Western	9 November 2020
District Judge Hassall	Northern	1 July 2010
District Judge Hatvany	Western	31 October 2016
District Judge Hay	South Eastern	1 July 2013
District Judge Richard Hayes	South Eastern	26 March 2018
District Judge Stephen Hayes	Northern	6 September 2013
District Judge Haynes	Wales	6 January 2020
District Judge Heels	North Eastern	29 March 2011
District Judge Hennessy	Northern	26 January 2017
District Judge Heppell	North Eastern	3 December 2013
District Judge Hesford	Northern	27 March 2015
District Judge Abigail Hickinbottom	North Eastern	31 August 2018
District Judge Nigel Hickinbottom	North Eastern	4 May 1993
District Judge Hill	North Eastern	12 March 2018
District Judge Hockney	Midland	28 October 2019
District Judge Holligan	Northern	23 November 2016
District Judge Holmes	Wales	14 March 2016
District Judge Howell	Western	22 November 2010
District Judge Hudd	South Eastern	23 November 2016
District Judge Huddersman	Midland	1 November 2021
District Judge Hughan	South Eastern	6 August 2010
District Judge Hugman	Northern	17 June 2013
District Judge Alison Humphreys	South Eastern	19 October 2012
District Judge Gareth Humphreys	Wales	1 February 2013
District Judge Robin Humphreys	Western	4 January 2022
District Judge Hussain	South Eastern	7 October 2019
District Judge Rafaquat Hussain	South Eastern	7 February 2022
District Judge Hussell	Wales	6 December 2021
District Judge Incledon	Western	4 January 2021
District Judge Ireland	Western	9 April 2018
District Judge Isles	Northern	16 April 2018
District Judge Iyer	Northern	30 July 2010
District Judge Jabbar	Northern	6 March 2008
District Judge Hywel James	Wales	22 March 2010
District Judge Jonathan James	North Eastern	6 August 2018
District Judge Japheth	Wales	1 March 2016
District Judge Jarzabkowski	South Eastern	3 April 2018
District Judge Alan Jenkins	South Eastern	6 September 1999
District Judge David Jenkins	Wales	15 November 2010
District Judge Alun Jenkins	South Eastern	23 November 2016
District Judge Timothy Jenkins	South Eastern	6 July 1998
District Judge Jenkinson	Northern	4 February 2013
District Judge Johnson	Northern	2 February 2017
District Judge Graham Jones	Wales	2 June 2015
District Judge Dylan Lloyd Jones	Wales	4 April 2022
District Judge Jones-Evans	Wales	25 September 2008
District Judge Josling	North Eastern	27 March 2018
District Judge Kanwar	South Eastern	6 April 2017
District Judge Graham Keating	South Eastern	28 November 2016
District Judge Sara Keating	North Eastern	22 July 2014
District Judge Keller	Wales	1 August 2018
District Judge Kelly	Midland	23 March 2015
District Judge Kemp	South Eastern	1 August 2003
District Judge Keyser	Midland	23 February 2016
District Judge Khan	Midland	8 November 2010
District Judge Andrew King	South Eastern	21 July 2008
District Judge Sarah King	South Eastern	19 May 2014
District Judge Knifton	Northern	13 September 2004
District Judge Kumrai	South Eastern	25 November 2011
District Judge Lacey	Western	2 December 2019
District Judge Lalas	North Eastern	1 November 2021
District Judge Lampkin	Northern	1 November 2018
District Judge Landes	South Eastern	24 January 2022
District Judge Langley	Northern	24 November 2016
District Judge Lateef	Northern	11 October 2013
District Judge Leech	Western	1 December 2014
District Judge Lettall	Northern	4 August 2003
District Judge Lindsay	North Eastern	12 April 2016
District Judge Lobb	North Eastern	8 March 2016
District Judge Loyns	Midland	2 October 2012
District Judge Lumb	Midland	1 March 2011
District Judge Lynch	South Eastern	4 August 2008
District Judge MacCuish	Midland	2 July 2018
District Judge Mackley	Northern	2 December 2019
District Judge MacMillan	Midland	12 January 2011
District Judge Malek	Midland	2 December 2019
District Judge Malik	North Eastern	4 March 2013
District Judge Manasse	Northern	3 October 2014
District Judge Mantle	Midland	4 January 2022
District Judge Mark	North Eastern	7 June 2018
District Judge Markland	Western	27 April 2020
District Judge Mason CBE	Midland	29 October 2012
District Judge Masters	Midland	2 December 2019
District Judge Matharu	Northern	5 May 2009
District Judge Matthews	South Eastern	1 February 1993
District Judge Mauger	South Eastern	1 October 2014
District Judge Maughan	Midland	12 September 2005
District Judge Maunder	Western	1 November 2018
District Judge McAteer	Northern	6 April 2020
District Judge McCabe	Midland	23 April 2018
District Judge McClure	Midland	6 January 2020
District Judge McCulloch	South Eastern	1 November 2005
District Judge McGinty	Midland	26 March 2018
District Judge Mcllwaine	Midland	1 August 2011
District Judge McLaughlin	North Eastern	17 April 2018
District Judge McQueen	Midland	17 February 2012
District Judge Merills	Northern	28 February 2022
District Judge Metcalf	Northern	6 February 2017
District Judge Mian	Midland	23 February 2016
District Judge Middleton	Western	6 September 2004
District Judge Miles	Western	21 October 2019
District Judge Mills	South Eastern	13 December 2021
District Judge Mitchell	North Eastern	12 March 2018
District Judge Moan	Midland	1 May 2018
District Judge Mody	Midland	31 January 2022
District Judge Molineaux	South Eastern	6 April 2010
District Judge Moreton	North Eastern	2 December 2014
District Judge Morgan	Wales	6 April 2010
District Judge Moses	South Eastern	9 April 2018
District Judge Moss	Northern	19 September 2011
District Judge Mulkis	South Eastern	8 June 2016
District judge Mullins	South Eastern	16 November 2020
District Judge Nicola Murphy	South Eastern	13 January 2020
District Judge Peter Murphy	Northern	13 April 2016
District Judge Muzaffer	Wales	21 January 2019
District Judge Naidoo	South Eastern	14 April 2020
District Judge Neaves	North Eastern	19 January 2009
District Judge Newman	South Eastern	2 January 2019
District Judge Nichols	Western	6 May 2014
District Judge Nicolle	Midland	7 January 2008
District Judge Nightingale	South Eastern	28 August 2008
District Judge Obodai	Northern	4 October 2005
District Judge O’Brien	Northern	28 March 2017
District Judge O’Donnell	Midland	14 February 2022
District Judge OmoRegie	South Eastern	1 October 2019
District Judge O’Neill	Northern	5 September 2005
District Judge Louise O’Neill	Western	21 October 2016
District Judge Crispin Owen	South Eastern	4 November 2019
District Judge Wendy Owen	Wales	4 July 2016
District Judge Parker	South Eastern	13 October 2003
District Judge Caroline Parker	South Eastern	2 September 2013
District Judge Stephen Parker	Midland	3 April 2018
District Judge Parkinson	Midland	1 October 2018
District Judge Sian Parry	Wales	12 March 2018
District Judge Martin Parry	Midland	3 July 2000
District Judge Pema	North Eastern	14 November 2013
District Judge Peters	Midland	4 November 2019
District Judge Thomas Phillips	Wales	3 May 2005
District Judge Chole Phillips	Midland	2 April 2020
District Judge Terence Phillips	North Eastern	23 July 2018
District Judge Pickering	North Eastern	9 July 2018
District Judge Pickup	Midland	28 August 2018
District Judge Pigram	South Eastern	28 May 2014
District Judge Pollard	South Eastern	7 October 2005
District Judge Porter-Bryant	Wales	10 July 2017
District Judge Ruth Powell	Northern	2 December 2019
District Judge Lindsay Powell	Western	2 April 2012
District Judge Pratt	Wales	3 September 2018
District Judge Prest QC	North Eastern	12 April 2016
District Judge Prevatt	South Eastern	18 April 2016
District Judge Priddis	Western	1 August 2018
District Judge Prigg	Western	11 March 2013
District Judge Raggett	South Eastern	11 April 2016
District Judge Rahman	South Eastern	4 November 2019
District Judge Sufiyan Rana	North Eastern	4 January 2022
District Judge Ranson	Northern	7 June 2017
District Judge Read	North Eastern	13 May 2014
District Judge Reeves	South Eastern	17 October 2011
District Judge Relph	Northern	12 September 2008
District Judge Revere	South Eastern	2 June 2016
District Judge Revitt	Midland	1 October 2018
District Judge Rich TD	Midland	22 October 2012
District Judge Richardson	North Eastern	1 October 2020
District Judge Richmond	Northern	1 July 2003
District Judge Riley	Midland	26 May 2016
District Judge Roberts	Wales	14 May 2018
District Judge David Robinson BEM	North Eastern	23 September19
District Judge John Robinson	North Eastern	4 April 2017
District Judge Rodgers	North Eastern	1 July 1998
District Judge Roebuck	North Eastern	16 Oct 2012
District Judge Rollason	South Eastern	16 April 2018
District Judge Rome	Northern	4 March 2019
District Judge Rothwell	South Eastern	16 April 2018
District Judge Rouine	Midland	1 March 2012
District Judge Rowe	Western	22 May 2006
District Judge Rowland	South Eastern	30 April 2018
District Judge Russell	South Eastern	7 November 2011
District Judge Ryan	Norther	1 February 2022
District Judge Sanderson	Northern	30 March 2006
District Judge Saunders	Midland	22 November 2021
District Judge Denise Saunders	South Eastern	17 January 2022
District Judge Scott	Western	07 September 2018
District Judge Searl	North Eastern	30 April 2013
District Judge Sehdev	Midland	28 July 2000
District Judge Sendall	North Eastern	25 October 2016
District Judge Severn	Midland	09-Apr-13
District Judge Shakespeare	North Eastern	01-Apr-20
District Judge Shaw QC	North Eastern	03-Nov-16
District Judge Shedden	Midland	2 November 2020
District Judge Shepherd	North Eastern	01-Jul-13
District Judge Shorthose	Midland	01-May-14
District Judge Simister	Northern	26 March 2018
District Judge Singh	Midland	2 March 2020
District Judge Skalskyj-Reynolds	North Eastern	23 March 2016
District Judge Smart	South Eastern	10 July 2012
District Judge Abigail Smith	South Eastern	10 October 2011
District Judge Sarah Smith	Western	7 October 2019
District Judge Solomon	Midland	14 November 2018
District Judge Spanton	South Eastern	5 November 2019
District Judge Spencer	South Eastern	6 August 2018
District Judge Spinks	South Eastern	18 June 2018
District Judge Sprague	South Eastern	1 February 2022
District Judge Staves	North Eastern	4 January 2022
District Judge Stephenson	North Eastern	3 July 2000
District Judge Sterlini	South Eastern	2 January 2008
District Judge Stewart	Western	18 December 2006
District Judge Russel Stone	Northern	13 August 2018
District Judge Jonathan Stone	Western	14 May 2018
District Judge Stonier	Northern	3 April 2006
District Judge Stringer	Midland	21 October 2019
District Judge Stuart	Northern	1 November 2013
District Judge Suh	South Eastern	9 May 2016
District Judge Sullivan	South Eastern	24 January 2022
District Judge Sundstrem-Brown	North Eastern	4 January 2022
District Judge Swan	South Eastern	5 March 2007
District Judge Tait	Western	8 November 2021
District Judge Talog Davies	Midland	3 September 2018
District Judge Talukdar	Northern	30 April 2018
District Judge Taskeen	Northern	26 March 2018
District Judge Marjory Taylor	Wales	1 July 2009
District Judge Christopher Taylor	Western	29 October 2018
District Judge Douglas Taylor	Western	30 January 2017
District Judge Ian Taylor	Western	1 May 2018
District Judge Penelope Taylor	Western	4 May 2010
District Judge Temple	North Eastern	9 April 2014
District Judge Clive Thomas	South Eastern	4 June 2018
District Judge Kate Thomas	Midland	05-Mar-18
District Judge Mark Thomas	North Eastern	20 March 2018
District Judge Thomson	North Eastern	21 October 2014
District Judge Todd	Northern	16 November 2020
District Judge Trigg	South Eastern	1 July 2008
District Judge Troy	North Eastern	3 October 2011
District Judge Tully	Northern	12 October 2020
District Judge Uppal	North Eastern	30 November 2020
District Judge Vernon	Wales	16 April 2018
District Judge Wahiwala	South Eastern	3 January 2022
District Judge Wakem	South Eastern	7 September 2004
District Judge Wales	Western	1 November 2021
District Judge Wall	Midland	1 September 2005
District Judge Walsh	Western	12 November 2018
District Judge Waring	South Eastern	5 November 2018
District Judge Watkin	Wales	1 November 2021
District Judge Watkins	Western	2 June 2008
District Judge Paul Watson	Midland	14 April 2009
District Judge Brian Watson	Western	8 November 2005
District Judge Webb	Midland	3 May 2016
District Judge Wheeler	Northern	1 March 2006
District Judge White	South Eastern	2 October 2008
District Judge Whitehouse	Midland	22 November 2021
District Judge Whiteley	Western	4 April 2018
District Judge Whitfield	South Eastern	2 December 2019
District Judge Wilkinson	South Eastern	14 April 2010
District Judge Williams	South Eastern	28 November 2016
District Judge Wilson	Western	5 July 1999
District Judge Andrew Wilson	North Eastern	13 December 2021
District Judge Wilson-Williams	Wales	9 April 2018
District Judge Wood	North Eastern	30 June 1997
District Judge Woodburn	Western	12 January 2011
District Judge Woodhead	North Eastern	1 April 2006
District Judge Woodward	Northern	3 April 2018
District Judge Woosnam	Northern	12 May 2015
District Judge Worth	Midland	4 January 2022
District Judge Worthington	South Eastern	13 September 1999
District Judge Sarah Wright	South Eastern	14 May 2018
District Judge Fay Wright	North Eastern	6 July 2015
District Judge Deborah Wylie	Northern	11 April 2016
District Judge Neil Wylie	Midland	23 February 2016

^{*District Judge Malik was first appointed as a DJ at the Principal Registry of the Family Division on 4th December 2006. He was subsequently appointed a District Judge in accordance with the County Courts Act 1984,with effect from 4th March 2013}