South Eastern
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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 […]
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March 20, 2023
District Judge Appointment: Rippon
The King has appointed Samuel Rippon to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab 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 South-Eastern Circuit, based at Central […]