Circuit Bench Retirement: Shanks
Her Honour Judge (Wilhelmina) Fiona Shanks retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 October 2025.
Background information
Her Honour Judge Shanks was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1991, a District Judge in 1998 and a Circuit Judge in 2018. She served as the Designated Family Judge for Norfolk from 2019 to 2020 and the Designated Family Judge for Suffolk and Essex from 2020 to 2025.