Northern
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October 18, 2025
Circuit Bench Retirement: Lloyd
Her Honour Judge Heather Claire Lloyd retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 18 October 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge Lloyd was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1979. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1998, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2007.
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October 1, 2025
New Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster is announced
Find out more about the new appointee to this historic role
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September 4, 2025
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Holden
The King has appointed Philip Holden to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Northern Circuit, based […]
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July 3, 2025
Appointment of Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuits
The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce, following an Expression of Interest and consultation with the Lord Chancellor, that Mr Justice Thomas Leech has been appointed as the Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuit with effect from 1 October 2025 for a period of three […]
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May 23, 2025
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Dowrick
The King has appointed Mary Dowrick to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed her to the Northern Circuit, based […]
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May 12, 2025
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Blakebrough
The King has appointed Simon Blakebrough to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Northern Circuit, based […]
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May 3, 2025
Circuit Bench Retirement: Walsh
His Honour Judge Martin Fraser Walsh retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 3 May 2025. Background information His Honour Judge Walsh was admitted as a Solicitor in 1979 and called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1990. He was appointed a Recorder in 2001, a Circuit Judge in 2009 and was a Criminal […]
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May 1, 2025
Circuit Bench Retirement: O’Leary
Her Honour Judge Catherine Elizabeth O’Leary retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 May 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge O’Leary was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1979. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992, a District Judge in 1998 and a Recorder in 2002. She was appointed a […]
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April 25, 2025
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Hulse
The King has appointed James Hulse to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Northern Circuit, based […]