Circuit Bench Retirement: Richards
His Honour Judge Jeremy Simon Richards retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 16 August 2024.
Background information
His Honour Judge Richards was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1981. He was appointed a part-time Chairman of the Employment Tribunals in 1993, an Assistant Recorder in 1997, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2004. He was authorised to sit as a High Court Judge in 2004 and served as the Designated Family Judge for Norfolk from 2007 to 2020. He was a Family Course Tutor at the Judicial College from 2012 to 2017 and a Family Course Director at the Judicial College from 2017 to 2020. He was a Director of Training (Courts) and a Dean of the Faculty of the Judicial College from 2020 to 2024.