South Eastern
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April 4, 2023
District Bench Retirement: White
District Judge David Russell White retires from the District Bench with effect from 4 April 2023. Background information District Judge White was admitted as a Solicitor in 1979. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1999 and a Deputy Costs Judge and a Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division […]
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April 1, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Arnold
Her Honour Judge Anne Mary Arnold retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information Her Honour Judge Arnold was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1981. She was appointed an Acting Stipendiary Magistrate in 1997, a Provincial Stipendiary Magistrate in 1999 and a Recorder in 2005. She was a […]
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April 1, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Foster
His Honour Judge Richard John Samuel Foster retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Foster was admitted as a Solicitor in 1979. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1997, a Recorder in 2000 and was a Lay Member of the Consistory Court, Diocese of St […]
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April 1, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Robinson
His Honour Judge Richard Robinson retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Robinson was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1977. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division in 1999 and a District Judge of the Principal […]
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April 1, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Gratwicke
His Honour Judge Charles James Phillip Gratwicke retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Gratwicke was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1974. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1998, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2003. He served as the […]
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April 1, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Pegden KC
His Honour Judge Jeffrey Vincent Pegden KC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Pegden KC was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1973, took Silk in 1996 and was elected a Bencher in 2002. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1992, a Recorder […]
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April 1, 2023
District Bench Retirement: Pollard
District Judge David Pollard retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information District Judge Pollard was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2000, a District Judge in 2005 and a Recorder in 2012.
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April 1, 2023
District Bench Retirement: Coonan
District Judge Delia Ivory Coonan retires as a District Judge with effect from 1 April 2023. Background information District Judge Coonan was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1973. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2005 and a District Judge in 2014.
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March 30, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: His Honour Judge Jonathan Black
His Honour Judge Jonathan Black retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 March 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Jonathan Black was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. He was Clerk to the Justices for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 1989 to 2010, a Member of the Youth Justice Board for […]
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March 24, 2023
Circuit Bench Retirement: Thorp
His Honour Judge Ian Simon Thorp retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 24 March 2023. Background information His Honour Judge Thorp was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1988. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2002, a Legally Qualified Member of The Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel in 2007 and a […]