Appointments & Retirements
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March 10, 2020
District Bench Retirement: Mort
District Judge Paul Collins Mort retires from the District Bench with effect from 10 March 2020. Notes to editors District Judge Mort was admitted as a Solicitor in 1974. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1988 and a District Judge in 2000.
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March 9, 2020
District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) Appointment: Godfrey
The Queen has appointed Timothy Andrew Ellinger Godfrey to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC 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 […]
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March 9, 2020
Appointment of Designated Family Judge for South Yorkshire
The President of the Family Division is pleased to announce that, following an Expression of Interest exercise, HHJ Jessica Pemberton has been appointed as Designated Family Judge for South Yorkshire with effect from 1 April 2020. The President of the Family Division wishes HHJ Jessica Pemberton all the best in her new role.
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March 8, 2020
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: Macdonald
Judge John Graham Macdonald retires with effect from 8 March 2020. Notes to editors Judge Macdonald (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1971. He was appointed an Immigration Adjudicator in 1998 and an Immigration Judge in 2005 (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal and Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration […]
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March 6, 2020
Appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber: Penrose
Martin Penrose has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Ryder. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned him to the Social Entitlement Chamber with effect from 6 April 2020. Notes to editors Martin Penrose, aged 55, will be known as Judge […]
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March 6, 2020
Appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber: Shields
Angela Shields has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Ryder. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned her to the Social Entitlement Chamber with effect from 14 April 2020. Notes to editors Angela Shields, aged 43, will be known as Judge […]
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March 6, 2020
Appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber: Mogridge
Fraser McLean Mogridge has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Ryder. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned him to the Social Entitlement Chamber with effect from 2 April 2020. Notes to editors Fraser McLean Mogridge aged 47, will be known […]
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March 6, 2020
Circuit Judge Appointment: Cains
The Queen has appointed Linda Hilary Cains to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC 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 North Eastern […]
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March 6, 2020
Appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (Mental Health): Lawrence
Katharine Elizabeth Lawrence has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Ryder. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned her to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber to exercise the Mental Health Jurisdiction within that Chamber, with effect from 6 April […]
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March 6, 2020
Circuit Judge Appointment: Afzal OBE
The Queen has appointed Fayyaz Afzal OBE to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC 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 Midland Circuit, based […]