Circuit Judge Appointment: Anya Lewis KC
The King has appointed Anya Lewis KC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill.
The Lady Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Woolwich Crown Court, with effect from 2 February 2026.
Background Information
Anya Lewis KC will be known as Her Honour Judge Anya Lewis KC. She was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1997. She took Silk in 2021. She was appointed as a Recorder in 2019, and as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, in 2020.