District Judge
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April 8, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Wright
District Judge Fay Ellen Wright retired from the District Bench with effect from 7 April 2021. Background information District Judge Wright (62) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2010, a Chairman of the Police Appeals Tribunal in 2014 and a District Judge in 2015.
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April 6, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Collins
District Judge John Collins retires from the District Bench with effect from 6 April 2021. Background information District Judge Collins (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992 and a District Judge in 2013. He was appointed a Diversity and Community Relations Judge in 2015 and […]
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April 6, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Wood
District Judge Helen Patricia Wood retires from the District Bench with effect from 6 April 2021. Background information District Judge Wood (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992 and a District Judge in 1997.
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April 1, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Matthews
District Judge Richard Ronald Matthews retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2021. Background Information District Judge Matthews (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1976. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1988 and a District Judge in 1993. He was appointed a Regional Costs Judge for Oxford in 2005 […]
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March 1, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Stephenson
District Judge Suzanne Stephenson retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 March 2021. Background information District Judge Stephenson (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1991 and a District Judge in 2000.
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February 12, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Bell
District Judge Raymond Bell retired from the District Bench with effect from 1 January 2021. Background information District Judge Bell (60) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1984. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2003 and a District Judge in 2011.
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January 5, 2021
District Bench Retirement: Chesterfield
District Judge Simon Chesterfield retires from the District Bench with effect from 5 January 2021. Background information District Judge Chesterfield (65) was called to the Bar (M) in 1989 and admitted as a Solicitor in 1993. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1999 and a District Judge in 2003.
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December 21, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Orchover
The Queen has appointed Frances Orchover to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC 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 South Eastern Circuit, based […]
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December 17, 2020
District Bench Retirement: Rodgers
District Judge Stephen Rodgers retires from the District Bench with effect from 17 December 2020. Background information District Judge Rodgers (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1991 and a District Judge in 1998.
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December 9, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Deborah Campbell
The Queen has appointed Deborah Wilson Margaret Campbell to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC 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 Western Circuit, […]