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District Judges

Details correct as at 13 December 2011

All judges are appointed by Royal Warrant upon recommendation by the Lord Chancellor.

The Bench covers seven regions: London, Midlands, North Eastern, Northern, South Eastern, Western and Wales. The region in which the judge sits is given below, along with their date of appointment.

NameCircuitDate
Appointed
District Judge Robert Ackroyd Northern 03 January 1995
District Judge Charles Ackroyd TD, RD Western01 October 1998
District Judge Ainsworth Western03 February 1992
District Judge Alderson North Eastern6 July 1998
District Judge Allen South Eastern 04 August 1997
District Judge Anderson North Eastern 05 November 2001
District Judge Anson Northern 01 July 2004
District Judge Arkless North Eastern 14 January 2002
District Judge Armon-Jones South Eastern 01 October 1985
District Judge Arnold Western18 November 2002
District Judge Ashton Northern 07 September 1992
District Judge AshworthSouth Eastern 14 January 2008
District Judge Asokan Midland25 February 2002
District Judge Asplin Western15 June 1998
District Judge Atherton North Eastern 19 June 2000
District Judge Atkinson Midland 12 June 2000
District Judge Avent South Eastern 08 October 2003
District Judge AvisSouth Eastern 15 December 2008
District Judge Ayers South Eastern 15 May 2000
District Judge Babbington North Eastern 01 July 1998
District Judge Backhouse South Eastern 03 October 2005
District Judge BaddeleyMidland20 April 2009
District Judge Baker Northern 01 April 2006
District Judge Banks South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Barraclough North Eastern 07 June 2004
District Judge Batcup South Eastern 04 January 1993
District Judge Batten South Eastern 23 March 2010
District Judge Bazley White South Eastern 01 July 1991
District Judge Beattie South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Beck South Eastern 15 October 2003
District Judge Bedford North Eastern 19 February 2007
District Judge Bell South Eastern 14 October 2011
District Judge Bellamy Northern 04 April 2005
District Judge Berkley Northern 18 October 2011
District Judge Besford North Eastern 13 December 1999
District Judge Bever Northern 18 October 2011
District Judge Birchall South Eastern 03 July 1995
District Judge Birkby North Eastern 04 January 1993
District Judge Bishop South Eastern 23 October 2007
District Judge Bland Northern2 February 2009
District Judge BlunsdonSouth Eastern3 April 1991
District Judge Booth North Eastern 02 August 2004
District Judge Bowles South Eastern 21 January 2002
District Judge Brazier Northern 05 October 1992
District Judge Brett South Eastern 06 April 1992
District Judge Britton Western30 May 2007
District Judge Brookes Western01 September 2004
District Judge Brooks South Eastern 02 January 2008
District Judge Brown Midland03 August 1992
District Judge Bryce Northern 02 August 1999
District Judge Buchan North Eastern 24 February 1992
District Judge Buckley Northern 03 July 1995
District Judge Bull Midland19 November 2007
District Judge Gerald Burgess South Eastern 02 January 1986
District Judge Linda Burgess South Eastern 08 May 2000
District Judge Burn South Eastern 17 January 2005
District Judge Bury Northern28 October 2011
District Judge Buxton North Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge CahillNorthern02 March 2009
District Judge CampbellNorthern5 October 2011
District Judge Carney Western23 August 1999
District Judge Carr South Eastern 01 July 1997
District Judge Carson Wales 06 September 1999
District Judge Cawood Western04 October 1993
District Judge Richard Chapman Midland 08 March 2002
District Judge Chaudhuri South Eastern 09 January 2008
District Judge Chesterfield North Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge Chrispin South Eastern 22 April 1996
District Judge Bryony Clark North Eastern 12 March 2007
District Judge John Clark Northern 01 September 1997
District Judge Clarke South Eastern12 March 2010
District Judge Melissa Clarke South Eastern22 March 2011
District Judge Clegg Northern 01 May 1996
District Judge Codlin-Tate Western04 June 2007
District Judge Coffey Northern 25 October 2002
District Judge Lawrence Cohen South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Collier South Eastern 17 October 1994
District Judge Conway Northern1 March 2010
District Judge Christopher CooperMidland3 March 2008
District Judge Malcolm Cooper Western01 February 1991
District Judge Susan Cooper South Eastern 21 January 2008
District Judge CorkillNorth Eastern1 February 2010
District Judge Corrigan Western01 October 1999
District Judge Cronin Western26 July 2010
District Judge Cotterill Midland06 September 1993
District Judge Cross South Eastern 14 April 2008
District Judge CroweMidland02 March 2009
District Judge Crowley Midland04 February 2008
District Judge Cuthbertson North Eastern 30 March 1992
District Judge Dabezies South Eastern 31 August 1999
District Judge Dancey Western01 July 1999
District Judge Daniel Western12 July 1993
District Judge Darbyshire South Eastern 01 September 1999
District Judge Davidson South Eastern 03 June 1991
District Judge Tony Davies Midland02 August 1999
District Judge Lloyd Davies Wales 26 March 2001
District Judge Jeremy Davies Wales 3 May 2011
District Judge Owen Davies QCSouth Eastern 17 October 2011
District Judge Dawson Wales 01 July 1996
District Judge Devlin South Eastern 12 June 2006
District Judge Dignan Northern 01 May 2002
District Judge DixonSouth Eastern19 January 2009
District Judge DoddNorth Eastern1 March 2010
District Judge Doel Wales 28 April 2000
District Judge Douce Midland03 December 2001
District Judge Dowding Midland01 February 2007
District Judge Dowell Western28 March 1989
District Judge Doyle Northern12 May 2008
District Judge Dudley South Eastern 04 August 1997
District Judge Geoff Edwards North Eastern 01 June 1998
District Judge Carlton Edwards South Eastern 03 July 1995
District Judge EldergillSouth Eastern 23 March 2010
District Judge Ellery Midland01 October 1997
District Judge Ellington Wales01 July 2008
District Judge England Midland25 February 2008
District Judge Claire Evans Northern01 May 2008
District Judge Peter Evans Wales 28 May 1997
District Judge Rachel Evans Wales 14 January 1992
District Judge Exton Western06 September 1999
District Judge Eynon South Eastern 05 July 1999
District Judge Fairclough Northern 01 October 1991
District Judge Fairwood North Eastern 10 April 1996
District Judge Farquhar South Eastern 01 November 2005
District Judge Field South Eastern 04 January 2000
District Judge Fine South Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge Fitzgerald Northern 03 July 1995
District Judge Flanagan North Eastern 31 March 1995
District Judge FloodMidland3 March 2008
District Judge Forrester Northern 29 July 1996
District Judge Fox Northern 08 September 1997
District Judge Fraser Wales 01 September 2005
District Judge Freeborough South Eastern 20 May 1991
District Judge Gailey Midland05 June 2000
District Judge Gamba South Eastern 05 June 1996
District Judge Garland-Thomas Wales 13 November 2001
District Judge Gatter South Eastern 04 September 2000
District Judge George Midland04 January 2007
District Judge Lindsey George South Eastern1 March 2010
District Judge Gerlis South Eastern 05 September 1988
District Judge Gilchrist South Eastern 09 April 1996
District Judge Giles North Eastern 07 August 1995
District Judge Gilham Northern 06 February 2006
District Judge Gill South Eastern 14 March 1994
District Judge Simon Gill South Eastern 10 October 2011
District Judge Glentworth North Eastern 12 November 2001
District Judge Glover South Eastern 01 August 1995
District Judge Goddard Western31 July 2000
District Judge Godwin Wales 02 June 2000
District Judge Gold South Eastern 24 July 1995
District Judge Gordon Northern24 March 2010
District Judge Goudie North Eastern 19 July 1999
District Judge Grand Western 09 January 2006
District Judge Green South Eastern 02 August 1999
District Judge Greenfield South Eastern 1 October 2010
District Judge Greensmith Northern19 September 2011
District Judge Gregory South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Grey North Eastern 4 October 2010
District Judge GriffithMidland01 September 2008
District Judge Griggs Western04 September 2000
District Judge Grosse South Eastern 22 March 2006
District Judge GuinanSouth Eastern20 April 2009
District Judge Habershon South Eastern 17 July 2000
District Judge Haigh Northern 31 July 2006
District Judge Hale Midland 05 November 2007
District Judge Hall North Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Hallett South Eastern 01 September 1999
District Judge HammondSouth Eastern 1 October 2010
District Judge Handley North Eastern 05 January 1998
District Judge Hardy North Eastern 28 July 2010
District Judge Nicola Harrison Northern 02 November 2001
District Judge Anthony Harrison Northern 07 August 1995
District Judge Harvey Western31 August 1999
District Judge Hassall Northern1 July 2010
District Judge Hearne Midland15 March 1993
District Judge Heath North Eastern 03 August 1992
District Judge Hebblethwaite South Eastern 18 December 2006
District Judge Heels North Eastern 29 March 2011
District Judge Hendicott Wales 02 March 1992
District Judge Henry South Eastern 05 September 2000
District Judge Henson South Eastern 28 February 1994
District Judge Henthorn Northern 30 November 2001
District Judge Heyworth Northern 03 July 1995
District Judge Hickinbottom North Eastern 04 May 1993
District Judge Hickman South Eastern 24 July 2000
District Judge Sally Hickman Midland14 December 2010
District Judge Hilder South Eastern 23 March 2010
District Judge Robert Hill North Eastern 01 April 1992
District Judge Timothy Hill North Eastern 28 November 1994
District Judge Hodges South Eastern 02 December 2011
District Judge Horan Northern 02 September 1999
District Judge Hovington Northern 06 July 1998
District Judge Howard North Eastern 06 April 1993
District Judge Hudson Midland11 April 2001
District Judge Hurley Western04 January 1993
District Judge Ilsley Midland 01 May 1992
District Judge Ingram Midland03 January 2006
District Judge Rasheeda JabbarMidland6 March 2008
District Judge Jack Midland17 July 1995
District Judge Nigel Jackson South Eastern 05 December 1994
District Judge Phillip Jackson North Eastern 01 April 2006
District Judge Stephen Jackson Northern 02 September 1999
District Judge Susan Jackson South Eastern 14 January 2002
District Judge William Jackson South Eastern 18 August 2003
District Judge James Western07 August 2000
District Judge Hywel James Wales22 March 2010
District Judge Alan Jenkins South Eastern 06 September 1999
District Judge Tim Jenkins South Eastern 06 July 1998
District Judge Johns South Eastern 03 November 2003
District Judge Johnson Northern 01 November 1993
District Judge Jolly Western22 November 1993
District Judge Alison Jones Northern 30 July 1999
District Judge Andrew Jones Midland03 August 1998
District Judge S Jones South Eastern 29 November 1999
District Judge Susan Jones Northern1 April 2010
District Judge Jones-Evans Wales25 September 2008
District Judge Jordan North Eastern 01 September 1999
District Judge Karp South Eastern 04 October 2004
District Judge Kemp South Eastern 01 August 2003
District Judge Kesterton Midlands 29 June 1998
District Judge Khan Northern 10 November 2003
District Judge King Western21 July 2008
District Judge Kirby South Eastern 01 August 1995
District Judge Kirkham North Eastern 01 February 2001
District Judge Knifton Northern 13 September 2004
District Judge Kubiak South Eastern 01 September 2004
District Judge Kumrai South Eastern 25 November 2011
District Judge Langley South Eastern 28 February 1994
District Judge Lascelles North Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Law Northern 16 September 1996
District Judge Lethem South Eastern 17 August 1998
District Judge Lettall Northern 04 August 2003
District Judge Letts South Eastern 01 May 1985
District Judge Levey South Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge Levinson South Eastern 07 February 1994
District Judge Lewis Wales 02 January 1991
District Judge Lightman South Eastern 31 August 1999
District Judge Lingard North Eastern 01 December 1993
District Judge Liston South Eastern 25 September 2008
District Judge Little Northern 28 June 2004
District Judge Llewellyn OBE Wales 01 June 1998
District Judge Loomba North Eastern 12 July 1999
District Judge Lord North Eastern 29 May 1996
District Judge Lumb Midland1 March 2011
District Judge Lynch Midland04 August 2008
District Judge MacKenzie Midland10 June 1996
District Judge Mainwaring-Taylor TD North Eastern 15 April 1991
District Judge Major South Eastern 28 October 2011
District Judge Manners South Eastern 29 October 2001
District Judge Manuel Western05 September 2005
District Judge Marin South Eastern 11 August 2003
District Judge MatharuNorthern01 May 2009
District Judge Matthews South Eastern 01 February 1993
District Judge Maughan Midland 12 September 2005
District Judge Maw Midland26 September 1994
District Judge McCulloch South Eastern 01 November 2005
District Judge McHale Midland06 September 1999
District Judge McLoughlin South Eastern 02 June 2004
District Judge Meredith Western06 November 1989
District Judge Merrick South Eastern 02 March 1992
District Judge Merriman Midland01 April 1992
District Judge Middleton Western06 September 2004
District Judge Middleton-Roy South Eastern1 April 2010
District Judge Mildred Western05 February 1996
District Judge David Millard Midland06 September 1993
District Judge Lesley Millard South Eastern 13 May 1996
District Judge Mills South Eastern 13 September 1999
District Judge Millward South Eastern 02 October 1995
District Judge Paul Mitchell Western1 September 2003
District Judge Simon Mitchell South Eastern01 September 1997
District Judge MolineauxSouth Eastern6 April 2010
District Judge Molle South Eastern 09 March 1992
District Judge Moon Western01 December 1988
District Judge David MorganWales6 April 2010
District Judge Morley South Eastern 14 June 1994
District Judge Mornington North Eastern 10 June 1994
District Judge Mort North Eastern 13 June 2000
District Judge Moss Northern 19 September 2011
District Judge Mullis South Eastern 03 May 1994
District Judge Murdoch Midland03 October 2005
District Judge Musgrave Midland1 March 2010
District Judge Naqvi TD South Eastern 26 August 1997
District Judge NeavesNorthern 19 January 2009
District Judge Newman Northern 10 August 1987
District Judge Nicholson South Eastern 21 October 2004
District Judge Nicolle Midlands07 January 2008
District Judge Nield Midlands 03 January 2006
District Judge L Nightingale South Eastern 26 August 2008
District Judge Nisa South Eastern 14 November 2005
District Judge North Wales 01 November 1993
District Judge Obodai Northern 03 October 2005
District Judge Oldham North Eastern 03 October 1994
District Judge O'Neill Northern 05 September 2005
District Judge O'Regan Midland01 June 1998
District Judge Osborne Northern 16 June 1997
District Judge Owen Midland18 January 1993
District Judge Parfitt South Eastern1 March 2010
District Judge Park Northern 07 January 2002
District Judge Maureen Parker South Eastern 04 October 1999
District Judge Tim Parker South Eastern 13 October 2003
District Judge Parnell South Eastern 04 January 2007
District Judge Parry Midland03 July 2000
District Judge PatesNorthern 07 January 2008
District Judge Payne South Eastern 04 September 1995
District Judge Peake Northern 03 September 1998
District Judge Pearce South Eastern 02 January 2008
District Judge Pelly South Eastern 09 July 1997
District Judge Perry Wales 12 September 1994
District Judge Perusko South Eastern1 April 2008
District Judge Pescod North Eastern 12 August 2002
District Judge Phillips Wales 03 May 2005
District Judge Pickup Northern 05 October 1992
District Judge Plaskow South Eastern 08 April 1996
District Judge Pollard South Eastern 07 October 2005
District Judge Price South Eastern 02 October 2000
District Judge Pugh Northern25 September 2008
District Judge RaltonSouth Eastern20 April 2009
District Judge RandSouth Eastern26 March 2010
District Judge Rank Midland31 August 1999
District Judge Reed North Eastern 02 June 2008
District Judge Reeson Midland20 September 1993
District Judge Reeves South Eastern17 October 2011
District Judge Regan Wales 27 April 2000
District Judge L Relph North West 01 September 2008
District Judge John Rhodes South Eastern 03 August 1998
District Judge RichardsonNorth Eastern01 September 2008
District Judge Richmond Northern 01 July 2003
District Judge Ridgway Midland 01 September 1997
District Judge Robertson North Eastern 04 January 1993
District Judge John T Robinson South Eastern 01 July 1998
District Judge Rodgers North Eastern 01 July 1998
District Judge Philip Rogers South Eastern 01 July 1999
District Judge Stephen C Rogers Midland03 April 1995
District Judge Stephen E Rogers South Eastern02 January 1996
District Judge Rowe Western22 May 2006
District Judge Rowley South Eastern 01 February 2006
District Judge Royall South Eastern 01 April 1992
District Judge Russell South Eastern 7 November 2011
District Judge Rutland South Eastern 01 March 1994
District Judge RyanSouth Eastern25 February 2008
District Judge Saffman North Eastern 30 November 2001
District Judge Sandercock Wales 13 February 2006
District Judge Sanderson Northern 30 March 2006
District Judge Sanghera Midland01 November 1999
District Judge Savage Midland06 September 1993
District Judge Schroeder Midland01 May 1992
District Judge Sehdev Midland28 July 2000
District Judge Sethi South Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge Shanks South Eastern 03 August 1998
District Judge Shaw Northern 31 July 1995
District Judge Sheldrake TD Midland05 September 2005
District Judge Silverman South Eastern 21 August 2000
District Judge Geoffrey Silverman South Eastern 09 March 1992
District Judge Silverwood-Cope South Eastern 01 June 1992
District Judge Simpson Northern 30 November 2001
District Judge Singleton Western01 June 1998
District Judge Smart Northern 01 September 2005
District Judge Smedley Northern 02 September 1999
District Judge Abigail Smith South Eastern10 October 2011
District Judge Brian Smith Western04 January 1993
District Judge Geoffrey SmithSouth Eastern 31 March 2008
District Judge Graeme Smith Northern 14 July 2003
District Judge Simon Smith Northern 04 May 2004
District Judge John Sparrow Western04 June 1996
District Judge Robert Sparrow South Eastern 04 January 1993
District Judge Spencer North Eastern 11 August 1997
District Judge Stamenkovich Midland03 August 1998
District Judge Stapely North Eastern 03 July 2000
District Judge Stark Midland01 September 2004
District Judge Stary South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Steel South Eastern 01 December 1992
District Judge Stephens Northern 28 October 2002
District Judge Stephenson South Eastern 03 July 2000
District Judge Sterlini South Eastern 02 January 2008
District Judge Stewart South Eastern 18 December 2006
District Judge Stockton Northern 06 November 1993
District Judge David Martin Charles StoneSouth Eastern25 February 2008
District Judge Stonier Northern 01 April 2006
District Judge Sturdy South Eastern 27 July 1994
District Judge Sullivan South Eastern 1 October 2010
District Judge Swan Northern 05 March 2007
District Judge Swindley Northern 29 June 1998
District Judge Sykes Northern 06 June 2000
District Judge Talbot Northern 02 September 1999
District Judge Adam Taylor South Eastern 01 November 1999
District Judge James Taylor South Eastern 17 August 1998
District Judge John Taylor South Eastern 04 September 2000
District Judge Marjory TaylorWales01 July 2009
District Judge Penelope TaylorWestern4 May 2010
District Judge John Thomas Wales 05 April 2004
District Judge Alan Thomas Western27 September 1999
District Judge J Lee Thomas Western16 November 1993
District Judge Andrew Thomas South Eastern 06 July 1998
District Judge Thompson North Eastern 03 November 2003
District Judge ThorpNorth Eastern 19 May 2008
District Judge Tilbury South Eastern 02 March 1992
District Judge Toombs Midland13 November 2001
District Judge Traynor North Eastern 01 August 1995
District Judge Trent South Eastern 01 April 1992
District Judge Trigg South Eastern 01 July 2008
District Judge Tromans Western06 April 1992
District Judge Patrick Troy North Eastern3 October 2011
District Judge Truman Midland03 October 2005
District Judge Turner Northern 02 January 2002
District Judge Stuart Turner Northern 1 April 2010
District Judge UnderwoodSouth Eastern 1 November 2011
District Judge Venables Midland07 October 2003
District Judge Vincent South Eastern 27 October 2011
District Judge Vokes South Eastern 03 November 2003
District Judge Wakem South Eastern 07 September 2004
District Judge Andrew Walker Western17 July 1995
District Judge Michael Walker CBE Royal Courts of Justice 05 April 1994
District Judge Wall Midland01 September 2005
District Judge Wallace Northern 01 September 1999
District Judge Waterworth Western27 September 1999
District Judge Watkins Western02 June 2008
District Judge Brian Watson Western08 November 2005
District Judge Sarah Watson Midland26 February 2007
District Judge Paul WatsonMidland14 April 2009
District Judge Weaver Wales 01 September 1999
District Judge Weintroub Western30 March 1992
District Judge Wharton South Eastern 05 April 1993
District Judge Wheeler Northern 01 March 2006
District Judge White Western04 January 1994
District Judge David White South Eastern 02 October 2008
District Judge Whitehurst Midland01 May 1986
District Judge Wicks South Eastern 02 October 2000
District Judge Wilding South Eastern 11 February 2002
District Judge Wildsmith North Eastern 01 June 1994
District Judge Wilkinson South Eastern 16 September 1996
District Judge Caroline Wilkinson South Eastern 14 April 2010
District Judge Williams Wales 03 June 1996
District Judge Richard Williams Midland19 July 2010
District Judge WillisMidland3 March 2008
District Judge Williscroft Midland25 February 2008
District Judge Wilson Western05 July 1999
District Judge Wood North Eastern 30 June 1997
District Judge Woodhead North Eastern 01 April 2006
District Judge Worthington South Eastern 13 September 1999
District Judge Jane Wright South Eastern 13 July 1998
District Judge Martin Wright South Eastern 17 October 2011
District Judge Susan Wright Northern 22 July 1996
District Judge Young North Eastern 04 September 1995
District Judge Zimmels South Eastern 02 March 1992

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