Her Honour Judge Estella Jacqueline Hindley QC retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 29 July 2017.

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Her Honour Judge Hindley QC (68) was called to the Bar (G) in 1971 and took Silk in 1992. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1985, a Recorder in 1989, Circuit Judge in 1997 and a Member of the Parole Board in 1998. She was Secretary to the UK Association of Women Judges from 2006 to 2013, Designated Family Judge for Birmingham since 2008 and appointed a Senior Circuit Judge in 2010.