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 (external link). 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)
His Honour Judge Mark Bishop	Cambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Tracey Bloom	Luton County Court
Her Honour Judge Margo Boye	Central Family Court
Tribunal Judge Andrew Brewer	First Tier, Social Entitlement Norwich and Cambridge District based in Norwich also covering Cambridge, Kings Lynn, Peterborough and Ipswich
Tribunal Judge Shelley Brownlee	Health Education and Social Care Tribunal
Her Honour Judge Catherine Brown	Canterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Sarah Campbell	Reading Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sandy Canavan	Snaresbrook Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Surinder Capper	War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (Fox Court, London)
Tribunal Judge David Chrimes	First Tier Social Entitlement Chamber
His Honour Judge Edward Connell	Isleworth Crown Court
His Honour Judge Jonathan Cooper	Cambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah Davies	Canterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean	Harrow Crown Court
HHJ Anuja Dhir KC	Circuit Judge, Central Criminal Court
Tribunal Judge Ashley Dias-Patel	First Tier (Social Entitlement Chamber – SSCS)
His Honour Judge Marc Dight CBE (Lead DCRJ)	Royal Courts of Justice
Tribunal Judge Nicholas Easterman	First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Hatton Cross)
District Judge Sarah Ellington	Court of Protection (High Holborn)
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Karim Ezzat	Westminster Magistrates’ Court
District Tribunal Judge Ita Farrelly	Social Entitlement Chamber (Chelmsford, Essex)
His Honour Judge Simon Freeland	Central London County Court
District Tribunal Judge Clare Goodman	Social Entitlement Chamber, First Tier Tribunal, London
Employment Judge Andrew Gumbiti-Zimuto	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Reading)
Tribunal Judge Neeti Haria	First-tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Hatton Cross
District Tribunal Judge Clare Harrington	Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Bexleyheath Social Security & Child Support Tribunal London
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 (Deputy Lead DCRJ)	Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Tribunal Judge Safia Iman	Health, Education and Social Care Tribunal
His Honour Judge Kwame Inyundo	Snaresbrook Crown Court
Employment Judge Julia Jones	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (East London)
HHJ Sandeep Kainth	St Albans Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Therese Kamara	Upper Tribunal Judge Immigration and Asylum Chamber Field House
Her Honour Judge Usha Karu	Inner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KC	Wood Green Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge John Keith	Upper Tribunal Judge Immigration and Asylum Chamber Field House
Her Honour Judge Georgina Kent	Kingston Crown Court
District Judge Nawal Kumrai	Willesden County Court
Employment Judge Tamara Lewis	Employment Judge London Central Employment Tribunal
Tribunal Judge Siew Ying Loke	Taylor House Tribunal Hearing Centre (London)
His Honour Judge Gary Lucie	Lewes Crown Court sitting at Chichester
His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC	Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
Her Honour Judge Helen Lusty	Brighton Family Court
Her Honour Judge Kathryn Major	Bromley County and Family Court
District Judge Shanti Mauger	Central London County Court
Tribunal Judge Jane McConnell	Health Education and Social Care Chamber (Royal Courts of Justice)
Regional Tribunal Judge Elizabeth McMahon	Social Security and Child Support (South East Region)
Her Honour Judge Barbara Mensah	Wood Green Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Michael Michell	Property Chamber Land Registration Division National (Alfred Place, 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	Croydon Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara	East London Family Court
His Honour Judge David Saunders	Central London County Court
Tribunal Judge Paul Shaerf	Taylor House (London)
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Ken Sheraton	DJMC Peterborough Magistrates
Tribunal Judge Bilal Siddique	War Pensions & Armed Forces Compensation Chamber
Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Smaller	Croydon Crown Court
His Honour Judge Philip Statman	Maidstone Crown Court
Employment Judge James Tayler	Employment Tribunal (Kingsway)
HHJ Rebecca Trowler KC	Senior Circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court
Tribunal Judge Scott Trueman	District Tribunal Judge, First-Tier Tribunal Health, Education & Social Care Chamber, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL
Her Honour Judge Sarah Venn	South Eastern Circuit – Kent, Surrey and Sussex
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Kathryn Verghis	District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Thames Valley Reading Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith	Cambridge County Court
Tribunal Judge Ruth Wayte	First-tier Tribunal Eastern Residential Property Cambridge County Court
Her Honour Judge Caroline Wigin	St Albans Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Christopher Williams	Essex Magistrates Court

Midlands

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

North East

Name	Location
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Richard Clews	District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) for Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court
District Judge Dan Curtis (Magistrates Court)	Grimsby Magistrates Court, South Humberside
HHJ David Dixon	Sheffield Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Carl Gumsley	First Tier Tribunal (IAC), North Shields
District Judge Abigail Hickinbottom	District Judge Sheffield Combined Court – County
Employment Judge David Jones	Employment Tribunals England and Wales (Leeds)
Tribunal Judge David Kelly	Tribunals Hearing Centre, Phoenix House (Bradford)
Tribunal Judge Habib Khan	Health, Education and Social Care Tribunal
His Honour Judge Mushtaq Khokhar	Leeds Combined Court Centre
Tribunal Judge Esther Kibwana	District Tribunal Judge Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Leeds, North East
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Zoe Passfield	Northumbria Magistrates Court
Tribunal Judge Rebecca Pickering	Immigration and Asylum First Tier, Bradford
Tribunal Judge Laurence Saffer	Tribunal Hearing Centre (Bradford)

North West

Name	Location
HHJ Fayyaz Afzal CBE	Manchester Civil Justice Centre
District Judge Martin Bland	Family and County Court (Lancaster)
HHJ Louise Brandon	Liverpool Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Gaenor Bruce	Civil Justice Centre (Bridge Street West, Manchester/ Holborn, London)
Employment Judge Mark Butler	Employment Judge Manchester
HM Senior Coroner Kally Cheema	HM Senior Coroner Cumbria
District Judge Natalie Cuddy	DJ St Helens County Court
Her Honour Judge Sara Dodd	Burnley Lancaster Crown Court
Employment Judge Joanne Dunlop	Employment Judge, Manchester Employment Tribunal
District Tribunal Judge Alex Durance	Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
HHJ Tom Gilbart	Bolton Crown Court
HHJ Leona Harrison	Leyland Family Hearing Centre
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Joanne Hirst	DJ(MC) Manchester & Salford Magistrates’ Court
Employment Judge Rebecca Howard	Manchester Employment Tribunals (Alexandra House)
HH 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
Tribunal Judge Jenny Lester- Ashworth	District Tribunal Judge Social Security and Child Support Liverpool Tribunals Centre
Regional Tribunal Judge Rosemary Lloyd	Regional Tribunal Judge Social Entitlement Chamber Manchester Civil Justice Centre
District Judge David Merrills	DJ, sitting Civil and Family jurisdictions at Preston County Court
District Judge Edel Rome	Civil Justice Centre Manchester
Employment Judge Dawn Shotter	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Liverpool)
District Judge Graham Stuart	Manchester County Court
District Judge Joanne Woodward	DJ Manchester County Court

Western

Name	Location
Employment Judge Mark Emerton	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Southampton)
Tribunal Judge Lynn Griffin	First Tier, General regulatory
His Honour Judge Mark Anthony Horton	Bristol Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Johnson	Tribunal Judge Social Entitlement
Regional Employment Judge Rohan Pirani	Bristol Civil Justice Centre
Employment Judge Nicholas Roper	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Plymouth/Bristol)
HHJ Tim Walsh	Civil Circuit Judge in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset

Wales

Name	Location
District Tribunal Judge Marianne Bennett	Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal, Wales
Regional Employment Judge Sian Davies	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Cardiff)
District Judge Bethan Japheth	Prestatyn Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Milwyn Jarman KC	Cardiff Civil Justice Centre – County
District Judge Morgan Jenkins	Newport Civil and Family Court – County
District Judge Adem Muzaffer	Newport County Court and Family Court
HHJ Wendy Owen	Barnwr Cylchdaith/ Circuit Judge Canolfan Cyfiawnder Caernarfon / Caernarfon Justice Centre
Tribunal Judge Stephen Povey	Newport Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
District Judge Jake Pratt	Haverfordwest and Aberystwyth County and Family Courts
Tribunal Judge Rhiannon Price	Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Cardiff)
HHJ Catherine Richards	Swansea Crown Court
Employment Judge Tobias Vincent Ryan	Employment Judge Barnwr Cyflogaeth Cymru Wales
Employment Judge Claire Sharp	Employment Judge Barnwr Cyflogaeth Cymru Wales