District Judge Appointment: Gardner

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The King has appointed Francesca Gardner to be a District 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 North Eastern Circuit, based at Sheffield Combined Court (County), with effect from 14 October 2024.

Background Information

Francesca Gardner will be known as District Judge Gardner. She was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2004. She was appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber in 2020 and as a Deputy District Judge in 2022.