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

Name	Location
District Judge Yasmin Ali	District Judge, Slough County Court
Tribunal Judge Thaira Bibi	First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Taylor House), London
His Honour Judge Mark Bishop	Cambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Tracey Bloom	Central London County Court
Her Honour Judge Margo Boye	Central Family Court
Tribunal Judge Andrew Brewer	First Tier, Social Entitlement Chamber, Norwich and Cambridge District based in Norwich also covering Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and Ipswich
Tribunal Judge Shelley Brownlee	First Tier Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber
Her Honour Judge Sarah Campbell	Reading Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sandy Canavan	Snaresbrook Crown Court, London
Tribunal Judge Surinder Capper	War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (Fox Court), London
Tribunal Judge David Chrimes	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Luton and Stevenage Districts
His Honour Judge Edward Connell	Isleworth Crown Court
His Honour Judge Jonathan Cooper	Aylesbury Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah Davies	Canterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean	Snaresbrook Crown Court, London
Her Honour Judge Anuja Dhir KC	Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London
Tribunal Judge Nicholas Easterman	First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Hatton Cross)
District Judge Sarah Ellington	Court of Protection, High Holborn, London
His Honour Judge Karim Ezzat	Harrow Crown Court, London
Principal Judge Ita Farrelly	Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
District Tribunal Judge Clare Goodman	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, London
Employment Judge Andrew Gumbiti-Zimuto	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Reading)
Tribunal Judge Neeti Haria	First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Hatton Cross
District Tribunal Judge Clare Harrington	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Bexleyheath
His Honour Judge Stephen Hellman	Central London County Court
His Honour Judge Michael Hopmeier	Southwark Crown Court
Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) Tanweer Ikram CBE DL (Deputy Lead DCRJ)	Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London
Tribunal Judge Safia Iman	First Tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber
His Honour Judge Kwame Inyundo	Snaresbrook Crown Court, London
Employment Judge Julia Jones	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (East London)
His Honour Judge Sandeep Kainth	St Albans Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Therese Kamara	Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Field House, London
Her Honour Judge Usha Karu	Inner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KC	Wood Green Crown Court, London
Upper Tribunal Judge John Keith	Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Field House, London
Her Honour Judge Georgina Kent	Kingston Crown Court
District Judge Nawal Kumrai	Willesden County Court, London
Employment Judge Tamara Lewis	London Central Employment Tribunal
His Honour Judge Gary Lucie	Lewes Crown Court, sitting at Chichester
Recorder of London, His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC	Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London
Her Honour Judge Helen Lusty	Brighton Family Court
Her Honour Judge Kathryn Major	East London Family Court sitting at Croydon
District Judge Shanti Mauger	Central London County Court
Tribunal Judge Jane McConnell	First Tier Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber, Royal Courts of Justice, London
Lead DCRJ Regional Tribunal Judge Elizabeth McMahon	Social Security and Child Support (South East Region)
Her Honour Judge Barbara Mensah	Wood Green Crown Court, London
Tribunal Judge Michael Michell	First Tier Tribunal, Property Chamber, Land Registration Division, London
Regional Employment Judge Fiona Monk	First Tier Tribunal, War Pensions and Armed Forces Chamber, Fox Court, London
Her Honour Judge Angela Morris	Winchester Crown Court
ICC Judge Mark Mullen	Insolvency and Companies Court
Her Honour Judge Freya Newbery	Inner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Azmat Nisa	Guildford and County Family Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah Paneth	Isleworth Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Hina Rai	Highbury Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara	Central Family Court
His Honour Judge David Saunders	Central London County Court
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Ken Sheraton	Peterborough Magistrates
His Honour Judge Bilal Siddique	St Albans Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Smaller	Croydon Crown Court
His Honour Judge Philip Statman	Maidstone Crown Court
His Honour Judge James Tayler	Employment Appeals Tribunal, Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London
His Honour Judge Rufus Taylor	Guildford Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Rebecca Trowler KC	Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London
Tribunal Judge Scott Trueman	First-Tier Tribunal Health, Health Education and Social Care Chamber, Royal Courts of Justice, London
Her Honour Judge Sarah Venn	South Eastern Circuit – Sussex
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Kathryn Verghis	Reading Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith	Cambridge County Court
Tribunal Judge Ruth Wayte	First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber, Residential Property Division, Cambridge County Court
Her Honour Judge Caroline Wigin	St Albans Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Christopher Williams	Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court

Midlands

Name	Location
District Tribunal Judge Mark Angus	North Staffordshire Justice Centre
Tribunal Judge Shahzad Aziz	First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum, Birmingham
District Tribunal Judge Jane Beale	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber. Birmingham
His Honour Judge Jinder Singh Boora	Walsall County Court
Employment Judge Veronica Dean	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Christopher Gaskell	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Tribunal Judge Sukhi Gill	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Leicester
Employment Judge Hilary Harding	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Pauline Hughes	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Her Honour Judge Sunita Mason CBE	Nottingham County Court
His Honour Judge Abbas Mithani KC	Coventry County Court
His Honour Judge Ebraham Mooncey	Crown Court Leicester
His Honour Judge Avik Mukherjee	Birmingham Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Joe Neville	First-tier Tribunal, General Regulatory Chamber, Leicester
District Judge Anthony Rich TD	Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Tariq Sadiq	Designated Civil Judge for Lincolnshire
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Michelle Smith	Birmingham Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Katherine Tucker	Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre – County

North East

Name	Location
His Honour Judge Richard Clews	Teesside Crown Court
District Judge Dan Curtis	Grimsby Magistrates’ Court, South Humberside
His Honour Judge David Dixon	Sheffield Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Carl Gumsley	First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Newcastle Civil and Family Courts and Tribunal Centre
Her Honour Judge Abigail Hickinbottom	Leeds County Court
Tribunal Judge Habib Khan	First Tier Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber
His Honour Judge Mushtaq Khokhar	Leeds Combined Court Centre
District Tribunal Judge Esther Kibwana	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Leeds
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Zoe Passfield	Northumbria Magistrates’ Court
Tribunal Judge Rebecca Pickering	First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Bradford
Tribunal Judge Laurence Saffer	Tribunal Hearing Centre, Bradford
His Honour Judge Fayyaz Afzal CBE	Sheffield Designated Family Court

North West

Name	Location
District Judge Martin Bland	Lancaster Family and County Court
Her Honour Judge Louise Brandon	Liverpool Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Gaenor Bruce	Civil Justice Centre (Bridge Street West, Manchester/ Holborn, London)
Employment Judge Mark Butler	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Manchester)
District Judge Natalie Cuddy	Liverpool Civil and Family Court
Her Honour Judge Sara Dodd	Burnley Crown Court
Employment Judge Joanne Dunlop	Manchester Employment Tribunal
District Tribunal Judge Alex Durance	Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
His Honour Judge Tom Gilbart	Manchester Crown Square Crown Court / Carlisle Combined Court
Her Honour Judge Leona Harrison	Leyland Family Hearing Centre
District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Joanne Hirst	Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court
Employment Judge Rebecca Howard	Manchester Employment Tribunals (Alexandra House)
Her Honour Judge Catherine Howells	Liverpool County Court
District Judge Sunil Iyer	Manchester Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Andrew Jefferies KC	Preston/Burnley/Barrow/Lancaster Crown Court
District Tribunal Judge Jenny Lester- Ashworth	First Tier Tribunal, Social Security and Child Support, Liverpool Tribunals Centre
Regional Tribunal Judge Rosemary Lloyd	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber Manchester Civil Justice Centre
District Judge David Merrills	Liverpool Civil County Court
District Judge Edel Rome	Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Employment Judge Dawn Shotter	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Liverpool)
District Judge Graham Stuart	Manchester County Court
District Judge Joanne Woodward	Manchester Crown Court

Wales

Name	Location
District Tribunal Judge Marianne Bennett	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Wales
Regional Employment Judge Sian Davies	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Cardiff)
His Honour Judge Milwyn Jarman KC	Cardiff Civil Justice Centre – County
District Judge Morgan Jenkins	Newport Civil and Family County Court
His Honour Judge Adem Muzaffer	Cardiff Civil Justice Centre – County and Family
Her Honour Judge Wendy Owen	Caernarfon Justice Centre
Employment Judge Stephen Povey	Wales Employment Tribunal, Swansea Civil Justice Centre
District Judge Jake Pratt	Haverfordwest and Aberystwyth County and Family Courts
District Tribunal Judge Rhiannon Price	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, Wales
Her Honour Judge Catherine Richards	Swansea Crown Court
Employment Judge Tobias Vincent Ryan	Employment Tribunals England and Wales – Cymru Wales
Employment Judge Claire Sharp	Employment Tribunals England and Wales – Cymru Wales

Western

Name	Location
Tribunal Judge Lynn Griffin	First Tier Tribunal, General Regulatory Chamber, Plymouth
District Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Johnson	First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Entitlement Chamber
Her Honour Judge Moira Macmillan	Bristol Crown Court
Regional Employment Judge Rohan Pirani	Employment Tribunals England and Wales – Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre
Employment Judge Nicholas Roper	Employment Tribunal England and Wales – Plymouth/Bristol
His Honour Judge Tim Walsh	Devon, Cornwall and Dorset Courts