Appointments & Retirements
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May 1, 2019
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: Hodgkinson
Judge Christopher John Hodgkinson retires with effect from 1 May 2019. Notes to editors Judge Hodgkinson (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1985. He was appointed a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 2001 and a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2010.
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March 8, 2019
Circuit Judge Appointment: Gibbs
The Queen has appointed Georgina Gibbs to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Gauke 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, based at […]
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February 5, 2019
Circuit Judge Appointment: David Williams
The Queen has appointed David Williams to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Gauke 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 Western Circuit, based at Southampton […]
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February 5, 2019
Circuit Judge Appointment: Haigh
The Queen has appointed Mark Richard Haigh to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Gauke 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 Northern Circuit, based at […]
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April 24, 2018
New President of the Family Division appointment: The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane
This appointment follows the retirement of Sir James Munby on 27 July 2018.
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June 19, 2017
Swearing-in of the new Lord Chancellor The Right Honourable David Lidington MP
In Court 4 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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September 28, 2012
Retirement of the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales
Sir Nicholas Wall will retire as the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales on 1 December 2012 on grounds of ill health. Notes to editors Sir Nicholas (Peter Rathbone) Wall (67) was called to the Bar (G) in 1969. He took silk in 1988 and became a […]