Circuit Judge Appointment: Ireland 

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The King has appointed Penelope Ireland to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood 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 Northern Circuit, based at Manchester Civil Justice Centre, with effect from 2 December 2024. 

Background Information 


Penelope Ireland will be known as Her Honour Judge Ireland. She was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1996. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2010 and as a District Judge in 2018.