Recorder Appointments 

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The King has appointed 97 Recorders on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The appointments will take effect on 18 November 2024. 

The Lady Chief Justice has deployed the Recorders as follows: 

Name Circuit Jurisdiction 
Ms Kirsty Allman Western Crime 
Mrs Etala Anderson South Eastern Crime 
Ms Emma Antonelli South Eastern Family 
Mr Steven Ashworth South Eastern Family 
Ms Kate Aubrey-Johnson South Eastern Crime 
Dr Jonathan Auburn KC South Eastern Crime 
Ms Thaira Bibi South Eastern Crime 
Mr Luke Blackburn Midland Crime 
Mr Alexander Booth KC South Eastern Crime 
Mr David Brannan South Eastern Family 
Mr Paul Brooks South Eastern Crime 
Mr Tom Broomfield Western Crime 
Ms Rebecca Brown North Eastern Crime 
Mr Ian Brownhill South Eastern Family 
Mr Daniel Bunting South Eastern Crime 
Mr Benjimin Burgher South Eastern Crime 
Mrs Victoria Butler Midland Crime 
Ms Clodaghmuire Callinan South Eastern Crime 
Mr Matthew Cannings Western Crime 
Ms Helen Chapman North Eastern Crime 
Ms Fiona Clancy Northern Crime 
Mr Benjamin Close Midland Crime 
Ms Laura Collier Western Crime 
Ms Rachel Cooper Midland Crime 
Mr Richard Coopey South Eastern Crime 
Mr Rhys Davies South Eastern Crime 
Ms Sukwinder Dhadda South Eastern Crime 
Mr Jonathan Dixey South Eastern Crime 
Ms Olivia-Faith Dobbie South Eastern Civil 
Mr Tom Doble South Eastern Crime 
Ms Joanne Dunlop Northern Family 
Mr Robin Dunne South Eastern Civil 
Mr Michael Edwards South Eastern Family 
Miss Emma Fisher Northern Crime 
Mr Clark Gard South Eastern Civil 
Miss Serena Gates Western Crime 
Miss Rachna Gokani South Eastern Crime 
Mr Richard Granby South Eastern Crime 
Miss Orla Grant Midland Family 
Ms Sarah Griffin Northern Crime 
Mr Jack Harrison Midland Family 
Mr William Hays South Eastern Crime 
Ms Charlotte Hole South Eastern Crime 
Miss Ceri Hopewell South Eastern Crime 
Mrs Sarah Jenkins Midland Crime 
Miss Louise Jones Wales Crime 
Mr Chirag Karia KC South Eastern Crime 
Ms Rebecca Keeves Midland Family 
Mrs Arianna Kelly North Eastern Family 
Mr Tom Ketteley South Eastern Family 
Mrs Ruwena Khan North Eastern Crime 
Mr Daniel Kidd South Eastern Crime 
Mr Andrew King South Eastern Crime 
Mr David Lang South Eastern Family 
Mr Ben Lawrence Northern Crime 
Ms Natasha Lloyd-Owen South Eastern Crime 
Ms Eleanor Mawrey South Eastern Crime 
Mrs Katie Miller Midland Family 
Mrs Asha Misir South Eastern Crime 
Mr Charles Murray Western Crime 
Mrs Jennifer Newstead Taylor Northern Family 
Miss Jennifer Oborne South Eastern Crime 
Mr Kevin O’Connor South Eastern Crime 
Miss Jane Oldfield South Eastern Crime 
Mr Brendan O’Leary Northern Crime 
Mr Michael Oliver South Eastern Crime 
Ms Natasha Peter South Eastern Crime 
Miss Claire Pickthall Wales Crime 
Mr Steven Powles KC South Eastern Crime 
Miss Angharad Price Wales Crime 
Miss Anna Price Northern Crime 
Mrs Sangeeta Rabadia South East Civil 
Mr Simon Ralph South Eastern Crime 
Mr Peter Ratliff South Eastern Crime 
Mr Adam Rhys-Davies Midland Family 
Mr Alistair Richardson South Eastern Crime 
Miss Shauna Ritchie South Eastern Crime 
Miss Victoria Roberts South Eastern Family 
Ms Patricia Robertson KC South Eastern Family 
Mr Jeremy Robson Midland Crime 
Ms Naomi Ryan South Eastern Crime 
Miss Katya Saudek Midland Crime 
Mr Adrian Seelhoff  South Eastern Civil 
Mrs Jessica Smeaton South Eastern Family 
Mr Simon Stephenson Wales Crime 
Ms Amy Stout South Eastern Family 
Ms Barbara Strachan South Eastern Crime 
Mr Robert Talalay South Eastern Crime 
District Judge Shefali Talukdar Midland Family 
Mr James Thomas South Eastern Crime 
Mr Alexander Trent North Eastern Crime 
Mrs Katherine Tween South Eastern Family 
Mr Ranjit Uppal Midland Family 
Mrs Sarah Vakil Northern Family 
Ms Lydia Watton South Eastern Crime 
Mrs Fiona Williams South Eastern Family 
Mr Colin Witcher South Eastern Crime