Section 9(4) Deputy High Court Judges
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon has appointed 24 Deputy High Court Judges, under section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, for a single fixed four-year term.
The following individuals have been appointed following an open competition run by the Judicial Appointments Commission:
Judge Nicholas Norman Briggs
Michael David Ford QC
Caspar Hilary Gordon Glyn QC
Katharine Susannah Gollop QC
Katherine Elizabeth Grange QC
David Ashley Greenbank
Richard Tristan Harrison QC
Richard Simon Hermer QC
Stephen Terence Houseman QC
Thomas Alexander Crispin Leech QC
Andrew Ralph Fitzmaurice Lenon QC
David Anthony Lock QC
Sarah Mary Morgan QC
Barclay Charles Morrison
Simon Lopez Salzedo QC
Hugh Sims QC
Richard James Smith
Timothy John Smith
David Hugh Southey QC
Nicholas Peter Thompsell
Adam Skanda Vaitilingam QC
Timothy Robin Vos
Geraint Timothy Webb QC
Joanne Wicks QC
Read biographies of the new Judges on the Judicial Appointments Commissions website: https://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/deputy-high-court-judges-2019