President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal: Mr Justice Lavender
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The Senior President of Tribunals, Lord Justice Dingemans, has appointed the Honourable Mr Justice Lavender to be the President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal with effect from 2 October 2025, in succession to the Honourable Mr Justice Dove, who stood down from the role on 1 October 2025.
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Mr Justice Lavender was called to the Bar in 1989, took Silk in 2008, became a High Court Judge, assigned to the King’s Bench Division, in 2016 and was a Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit from 2019 to 2022.