Circuit Judge Retirement: Forster KC
His Honour Judge Brian Clive Forster KC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 March 2025.
Background information
His Honour Judge Forster KC was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1977, took Silk in 1999 and elected as a Bencher in 2007. He was appointed a Recorder in 1997, a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 1998 and a Legal Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal in 1999. He was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2007 and authorised to sit as a High Court Judge in 2010. He was the Resident Judge at Bournemouth Crown Court from 2018 to 2022 and was authorised to sit in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in 2021.