Appointments & Retirements
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March 20, 2020
District Judge (Magistrates’ courts) Appointment: Layton
The Queen has appointed Jonathan Mark Layton 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 South […]
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March 19, 2020
Master of the Queen’s Bench Division: Dagnall
The Queen has appointed John Marshall Anthony Dagnall to be Master of the Queen’s Bench Division 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 […]
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March 19, 2020
Appointment as Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber: Sutherland Williams
Judge Mark Sutherland Williams has been appointed as Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care), by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Ryder with effect from 1 April 2020. Notes to editors Mark Sutherland Williams, age 53, will continue to be known as Judge Sutherland Williams. He […]
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March 18, 2020
Circuit Judge Appointment: Kloss
The Queen has appointed Alexander Wolfgang Kloss 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 North Eastern Circuit, […]
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March 18, 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 17, 2020
Appointment as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber: Brownlee
Shelley Victoria Brownlee 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 Special Educational Needs and Disability, Care Standards and Primary Health Jurisdictions […]
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March 16, 2020
District Judge Appointment: Shakespeare
The Queen has appointed Susan Shakespeare 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 North Eastern Circuit, based […]
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March 11, 2020
Appointment of Resident Judge for Humberside
The Senior Presiding Judge is pleased to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ John Thackray QC has been appointed as Resident Judge for Humberside with effect from 20 February 2020.
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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.