District Judge
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May 3, 2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Nicholls
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Stephen John Nicholls retired with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Nicholls (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2000, as Assistant Coroner for Dorset in 2009 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in […]
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April 19, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Lightman
District Judge Barry Gerald Lightman retires from the District Bench with effect from 19 April 2022. Background information District Judge Lightman (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1976. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992, a District Judge in 1999 and a Deputy Costs Judge in 2004.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Sethi
District Judge Sandip Kumar Sethi retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Sethi (67) was admitted in 1984. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1998 and a District Judge in 2003.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Besford
District Judge Ian Philip Besford retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Besford (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1995, a District Judge in 1999 and a Regional Cost Judge in 2017.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Manners
District Judge Henrietta Louise Manners retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Manners (68) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1981. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1998 and a District Judge in 2001.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Hallett
District Judge David Frank Hallett retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Hallett (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1977. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1995 and a District Judge in 1999.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Henry
District Judge Rosaleen Mary Henry retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Henry (67) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1998 and a District Judge in 2000.
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Rogers
District Judge Stephen Edward Rogers retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Rogers (67) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1979. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1990, a District Judge in 1996 and a Recorder in 2002. He was a Course Director (Deputy District […]
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April 1, 2022
District Bench Retirement: Nicholson
District Judge Michael Nicholson retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Nicholson (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1976. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1997 and a District Judge in 2004.
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March 10, 2022
District Judge Appointment: Johnston
The Queen has appointed Gillian Claire Johnston 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 her to the Northern Circuit, based at […]