Appointments & Retirements
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December 3, 2025
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Retirement: Flower
Judge Angela Moira Flower retires with effect from 3 December 2025. Background information Judge Flower was admitted as a Solicitor in 1995. She was appointed a Fee-Paid Immigration Judge of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in 2006 and a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) in 2008. She was […]
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December 1, 2025
Regional Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child Support) Retirement: Dunn
Regional Judge Helen McCree Dunn retires with effect from 1 December 2025. Background information Regional Judge Dunn was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed as a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1999 and a District Tribunal Judge (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)) […]
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November 29, 2025
Circuit Bench Retirement: Greenberg KC
Her Honour Judge Joanna Elishever Gabrielle Greenberg KC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 29 November 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge Greenberg KC was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1972, took Silk in 1994 and was elected a Bencher in 2002. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1992 and […]
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November 29, 2025
Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Thomas
Her Honour Judge Sybil Thomas retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 29 November 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge Thomas was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1976 and was elected as a Bencher in 2016. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1993, a Recorder in 1997 and a Circuit […]
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November 28, 2025
Circuit Judge Appointment: Felstead
The King has appointed Christopher Felstead to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Wales Circuit, based at Cardiff […]
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November 28, 2025
Appointment of Resident Judge at Basildon Crown Court
The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ Samantha Cohen has been appointed as Resident Judge at Basildon Crown Court for a period of four years commencing from 15 December 2025. The Lady Chief Justice wishes HHJ Samantha Cohen well in her new role.
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November 27, 2025
Circuit Judge Appointment: Franklin
The King has appointed Edward Franklin to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]
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November 26, 2025
Circuit Judge Appointment: Restall
The King has appointed Thomas Restall to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]
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November 25, 2025
Circuit Bench Retirement: Hodges
His Honour Judge Stephen John Hodges retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 22 November 2025. Background information His Honour Judge Hodges was admitted as a Solicitor in 1978. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1993, and a District Judge in 2011. He was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2020.
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November 20, 2025
Circuit Judge Appointment: Elizabeth Baker
The King has appointed Elizabeth Baker to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]