Circuit Bench Retirement: Horton
His Honour Judge Mark Varney Horton retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 August 2025.
Background information
His Honour Judge Horton was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1981. He was appointed a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 2001 and a Legal Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (now known as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber)) in 2002. He was appointed a Recorder in 2005 and a Circuit Judge in 2012. He was authorised to sit as a High Court Judge in 2016 pursuant to the Senior Courts Act in 1981.