Circuit Judge Appointment: Lester-Ashworth
The King has appointed Jenny Lester-Ashworth 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 Crown Court (Minshull Street), with effect from 6 January 2025.
Background Information
Jenny Lester-Ashworth will be known as Her Honour Judge Lester-Ashworth. She was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2002. She was appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber, in 2011 and as a Salaried Judge of the First-tier Tribunal in 2021, within the same chamber.