The Queen has appointed District Judge Jason Reece to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lidington MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon.

The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the Midland Circuit, based at Lincoln Family Court and Nottingham County Court with effect from 5 February 2018.

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Jason Reece, aged 49, will be known as His Honour Judge Reece. He was called to the Bar (I) in 2000. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2010 and as a District Judge in 2016.