District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Bennett

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The King has appointed Richard Anthony Bennett to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon.

The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the North Eastern Circuit, based at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court, with effect from 27 February 2023.

Background Information

Richard Anthony Bennett will be known as District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Bennett. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1996. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019.