Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Sloan KC
His Honour Judge Paul Sloan KC retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 5 August 2025.
Background information
His Honour Judge Sloan KC was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1981, took Silk in 2001 and was elected as a Bencher in 2016. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1998, a Recorder in 2000, a Circuit Judge in 2011 and a Senior Circuit Judge in 2014. He served as the Resident Judge at Newcastle Crown Court and the Honorary Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne from 2014 to 2025. He was authorised to sit in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in 2018.