Appointments & Retirements
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December 1, 2020
District Bench Retirement: Mitchell
District Judge Simon Mitchell retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 December 2020. Background information District Judge Mitchell (63) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992 and a District Judge in 1997.
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November 30, 2020
Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: Finch
Upper Tribunal Judge Nadine Elizabeth Finch retires with effect from 30 November 2020. Background information Upper Tribunal Judge Finch (70) was called to the Bar (M) in 1991. She was appointed a fee-paid Immigration Judge (now known as a fee-paid Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2006. She was appointed a […]
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November 27, 2020
District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) Retirement: Chalk
District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) Gerald Anthony Chalk retires with effect from 27 November 2020. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) Chalk (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1978. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) in 1999 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) in 2004.
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November 26, 2020
District Bench Retirement: Lambert
District Judge Janet Lambert retires from the District Bench with effect from 26 November 2020. Background information District Judge Lambert (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2010 and a District Judge in 2011.
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November 24, 2020
Appointment of Lincoln Brookes as the senior coroner for the Essex coroner area
The Chief Coroner wishes him every success in his new post
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November 20, 2020
Recorder Appointment: Ward
The Queen has appointed Robert Andrew Ward as a Recorder 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 Lord Burnett of Maldon. The appointment will take effect from 20 November 2020. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed […]
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November 16, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Barrie
The Queen has appointed Laura Elsie Barrie to be a District 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 South Eastern Circuit, […]
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November 11, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Nassar
The Queen has appointed Victoria Katie Nassar to be a District 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 Northern Circuit, based […]
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November 10, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Birk
The Queen has appointed Dewinder Kaur Birk to be a District 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 Midland Circuit, based […]
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November 5, 2020
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: Taylor
Judge Michael Alan Taylor retires with effect from 5 November 2020. Notes to editors Judge Taylor (66) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982. He was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of the Appeals Tribunal in 1993 and a District Chairman of the Appeals Tribunal (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal […]