Circuit Judge Appointment: Loke
The King has appointed Siew Loke 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 South Eastern Circuit, based at Basildon Crown Court, with effect from 13 January 2025.
Background Information
Siew Loke will be known as Her Honour Judge Loke. She was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 2003. She was appointed as a Salaried Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, in 2018. She was also appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2022 and as a Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge, in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, in 2024.