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05/01/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Loram QC
The Queen has appointed Mary Caroline Loram QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, […]
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04/01/2022
The New Year Honours List for 2022
Tanweer Ikram, Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) A District Judge and five magistrates are among those judicial office holders to have been honoured in the New Year Honours List 2022. Tanweer Ikram, Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate), was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to judicial […]
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02/01/2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: Woollen
Judge Victoria Jane Woollen retires with effect from 1 January 2022. Background information Judge Woollen (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. She was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1997 and a District Tribunal Judge of the Social Entitlement Chamber (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, […]
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02/01/2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: Woodcraft
Judge Edward Hardy Woodcraft retires with effect from 1 January 2022. Background information Judge Woodcraft (66) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 1992 and an Immigration Adjudicator in 2003. He was appointed a Designated Immigration Judge (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal […]
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02/01/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Allison
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Gillian Margaret Clarkson Allison retires with effect from 1 January 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Allison (61) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1990. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2005.
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02/01/2022
Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Cooke
His Honour Judge David John Cooke retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 1 January 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Cooke (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981 and elected an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 2016. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1997 and a District Judge […]
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02/01/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Williams
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Susan Frances Williams retires with effect from 1 January 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Williams (66) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 1996 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2002.
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29/12/2021
District Judge Appointment: Staves
The Queen has appointed Glyn Staves to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the North Eastern Circuit, based at […]
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23/12/2021
The first virtual MA LGBT+ Conference celebrating diversity and contribution to the judiciary
Top left: Lady Justice Simler, Top right: Tom Quarton-Manuel, Chair of the LGBT+ Network, Bottom left: Master Victoria McCloud, Bottom right: Lord Etherton, former Master of the Rolls, Head of Civil Justice and Chancellor of the High Court. Nearly one hundred magistrates from England and Wales attended the Magistrates’ Associations’ first LGBT+ virtual conference, held […]
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23/12/2021
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Sternberg
The Queen has appointed Daniel Sternberg to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, […]