Circuit Judge Appointment: Hyde KC
The King has appointed Charles Hyde KC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the former Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP and the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon.
The former Lord Chief Justice deployed him to the Western Circuit, based at Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre with effect from 1 October 2024.
Charles Hyde KC will be known as His Honour Judge Hyde KC. He was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1988 and took Silk in 2006. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2005 and he was authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge (Family Division) in 2011.