Announcements
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10/04/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: John
His Honour Judge Stephen Alun John retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 9 April 2022. Background information His Honour Judge John (69) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1975. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1999, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2008.
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10/04/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Woollard
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) John Ian Woollard retires with effect from 9 April 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Woollard (67) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1977. He was appointed as an Acting Stipendiary Magistrate in 1992 and a Stipendiary Magistrate (now known as a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)) in 1998.
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09/04/2022
Appointment of the Designated Family Judge for Leicester
The President of the Family Division is happy to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ Nassera Patel will be appointed as Designated Family Judge for Leicester with effect from 20 April 2022. The President of the Family Division wishes HHJ Nassera Patel all the best in her new role.
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08/04/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Duggan
His Honour Judge (James) Ross Duggan retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 7 April 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Duggan (65) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1993, a Recorder in 1997 and a Circuit Judge in 2006. He was appointed a […]
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08/04/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Pugh
His Honour Judge David Samuel Pugh retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 7 April 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Pugh (67) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2002 and a District Judge and a Recorder in 2008. He was appointed a […]
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08/04/2022
Practice Statement from the SPT: Delegation of functions to legal officers in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber)
1. The Senior President of Tribunals hereby authorises members of staff appointed under section 40(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 or section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003 and designated as ‘Legal Officers’ by the Chamber President to carry out the following functions of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier […]
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08/04/2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: O’Hara
Judge Julia O’Hara retires with effect from 7 April 2022. Background information Judge O’Hara (61) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1984 and admitted as a Solicitor in 1990. She was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1996, a Fee paid Employment Judge 2001 and a Judge of the […]
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03/04/2022
District Bench Retirement: Besford
District Judge Ian Philip Besford retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Besford (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1995, a District Judge in 1999 and a Regional Cost Judge in 2017.
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03/04/2022
District Bench Retirement: Sethi
District Judge Sandip Kumar Sethi retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge Sethi (67) was admitted in 1984. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1998 and a District Judge in 2003.
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03/04/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Rose
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Alison Mary Rose retires with effect from 1 April 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Rose (63) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. She was appointed as an Acting Stipendiary Magistrate in 1999 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2002.