District Judge Appointment: Zoe Smith
The King has appointed Zoe Smith 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 Hull Combined Court Centre, with effect from 11 November 2024.
Zoe Smith will be known as District Judge Zoe Smith. She was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 2009. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2021 and as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber in 2023.