Appointments & Retirements
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March 16, 2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: Talbot
Judge Jane Talbot retires with effect from 16 March 2022. Background information Judge Talbot (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1989. She was appointed a Legal Chairman of the Rent Assessment Panel (now known as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)) and a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in […]
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March 14, 2022
Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Joseph QC
Her Honour Judge Wendy Rose Joseph QC retired as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 12 March 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Joseph QC (70) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1975, took Silk in 1998 and was elected a Bencher in 2003. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1995, […]
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March 11, 2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: McClure
Judge John Patrick McClure retired with effect from 8 March 2022. Background information Judge McClure (70) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1976. He was appointed as an Immigration Adjudicator in 2002 (appointed a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 2000). He was appointed a Designated Immigration Judge (now known as a Judge of the […]
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March 10, 2022
District Judge Appointment: Johnston
The Queen has appointed Gillian Claire Johnston to be a District Judge 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 her to the Northern Circuit, based at […]
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March 9, 2022
Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) Retirement: Gray
Upper Tribunal Judge Paula Gray retires with effect from 9 March 2022. Background information Upper Tribunal Judge Gray (64) was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1980. She was appointed a part-time Chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals in 1993, a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1999, a District Chairman of […]
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March 8, 2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Ainley
His Honour Judge Nicholas John Ainley retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 8 March 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Ainley (70) was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1973. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1996, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2003. He was Vice President […]
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March 7, 2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: Walker
Judge Isabel Catherine Walker retired with effect from 5 March 2022. Background information Judge Walker (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1992. She was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1992 and a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child Support)) in 2008.
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March 7, 2022
Regional Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child Support) Retirement: Clarke
Judge Mary Elizabeth Clarke retired with effect from 5 March 2022. Background information Judge Clarke (66) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981. She was appointed a Part-time Chairman of Appeal Tribunals in 1998, a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 2004 and a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) in […]
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March 3, 2022
Appointments: National Lead Judge of the Financial Remedy Court and Judge-in-Charge of Standard Family Orders
Please read the announcement from the President of the Family Division
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March 3, 2022
District Judge Appointment: Lloyd Jones
The Queen has appointed Dylan Lloyd Jones to be a District Judge 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 Wales Circuit, based at […]