Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Kinch KC
His Honour Judge Christopher Kinch KC retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 21 September 2024.
Background information
His Honour Judge Kinch KC was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1976, took Silk in 1999 and was elected a Bencher in 2007. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1994 and a Recorder in 1998. He was the Director of Education of the Criminal Bar Association from 2005 to 2008 and the Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association from 2010 to 2011. He was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2012 and a Senior Circuit Judge in 2013. He served as the Resident Judge at Woolwich Crown Court from 2013 to 2024, was authorised to sit in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in 2013 and was the Honorary Recorder of the Royal Borough of Greenwich from 2014.