District Judges in England & Wales

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.

Details correct as at 18 August 2009

Name       Circuit       Date
Appointed
District Judge Robert Ackroyd Northern 03 January 1995
District Judge Charles Ackroyd TD, RD Western 01 October 1998
District Judge Adam Western 04 August 1986
District Judge Ainsworth Western 03 February 1992
District Judge Alderson North Eastern 06 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 Western 18 November 2002
District Judge Ashton Northern 07 September 1992
District Judge Ashworth South Eastern 14 January 2008
District Judge Asokan Midland 25 February 2002
District Judge Asplin Western 15 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 Avis South 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 Baddeley Midland 20 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 Bazley White South Eastern 01 July 1991
District Judge Beale Midland 04 August 1986
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 Bellamy Northern 04 April 2005
District Judge Bennett Northern 28 June 1991
District Judge Besford North Eastern 13 December 1999
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 Blunsdon South Eastern 03 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 Western 30 May 2007
District Judge Brookes Western 01 September 2004
District Judge Brooks South Eastern 02 January 2008
District Judge Brown Midland 03 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 Midland 19 November 2007
District Judge Bullock North Eastern 06 April 1987
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 Butler Midland 01 February 1984
District Judge Buxton North Eastern 01 September 2003
District Judge Cahill Northern 02 March 2009
District Judge Carney Western 23 August 1999
District Judge Carr South Eastern 01 July 1997
District Judge Carron Western 09 August 1999
District Judge Carson Wales 06 September 1999
District Judge Cawood Western 04 October 1993
District Judge David Chapman Northern 02 June 1986
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 Clegg Northern 01 May 1996
District Judge Codlin-Tate Western 04 June 2007
District Judge Coffey Northern 25 October 2002
District Judge Edward Cohen South Eastern 05 July 1993
District Judge Lawrence Cohen South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Barrie Cole South Eastern 01 June 1998
District Judge Collier South Eastern 17 October 1994
District Judge Christopher Cooper Midland 3 March 2008
District Judge Malcolm Cooper Western 01 February 1991
District Judge Susan Cooper South Eastern 21 January 2008
District Judge Corrigan Western 01 October 1999
District Judge Cotterill Midland 06 September 1993
District Judge Cross South Eastern 14 April 2008
District Judge Crowe Midland 02 March 2009
District Judge Crowley Midland 04 February 2008
District Judge Cuthbertson North Eastern 30 March 1992
District Judge Dabezies South Eastern 31 August 1999
District Judge Dancey Western 01 July 1999
District Judge Daniel Western 12 July 1993
District Judge Darbyshire South Eastern 01 September 1999
District Judge Davidson South Eastern 03 June 1991
District Judge Tony Davies Midland 02 August 1999
District Judge Lloyd Davies Wales 26 March 2001
District Judge Dawson Wales 01 July 1996
District Judge Devlin South Eastern 12 June 2006
District Judge Dignan Northern 01 May 2002
District Judge Dixon South Eastern 19 January 2009
District Judge Doel Wales 28 April 2000
District Judge Douce Midland 03 December 2001
District Judge Dowding Midland 01 February 2007
District Judge Dowell Western 28 March 1989
District Judge Dowling Midland 12 June 1995
District Judge Doyle Northern 12 May 2008
District Judge Dudley South Eastern 04 August 1997
District Judge Duerden Northern 04 September 1989
District Judge Eaton Midland 24 October 1994
District Judge Geoff Edwards North Eastern 01 June 1998
District Judge Carlton Edwards South Eastern 03 July 1995
District Judge Ellery Midland 01 October 1997
District Judge Ellington Wales 01 July 2008
District Judge England Midland 25 February 2008
District Judge Claire Evans Northern 01 May 2008
District Judge Ian Evans South Eastern 03 June 1991
District Judge Peter Evans Wales 28 May 1997
District Judge Rachel Evans Wales 14 January 1992
District Judge Exton Western 06 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 Fawcett South Eastern 01 February 1994
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 Flood Midland 3 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 Christopher Freeman Northern 02 November 1987
District Judge John Freeman Western 25 September 2000
District Judge Gailey Midland 05 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 Geddes Northern 14 February 1994
District Judge George Midland 04 January 2007
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 Gittens South Eastern 02 March 1992
District Judge Glentworth North Eastern 12 November 2001
District Judge Glover South Eastern 01 August 1995
District Judge Goddard Western 31 July 2000
District Judge Godwin Wales 02 June 2000
District Judge Gold South Eastern 24 July 1995
District Judge Gosnell Northern 01 July 1998
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 Gregory South Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Griffith Midland 01 September 2008
District Judge Griffiths Northern 21 August 1989
District Judge Griggs Western 04 September 2000
District Judge Grosse South Eastern 22 March 2006
District Judge Guinan South Eastern 20 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 Hamilton South Eastern 04 September 2000
District Judge Handley North Eastern 05 January 1998
District Judge Nicola Harrison Northern 02 November 2001
District Judge Anthony Harrison Northern 07 August 1995
District Judge Harvey Western 31 August 1999
District Judge Hayes South Eastern 01 May 1996
District Judge Hearne Midland 15 March 1993
District Judge Heath North Eastern 03 August 1992
District Judge Hebblethwaite South Eastern 18 December 2006
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 Hicks South Eastern 17 August 1998
District Judge Robert Hill North Eastern 01 April 1992
District Judge Timothy Hill North Eastern 28 November 1994
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 Midland 11 April 2001
District Judge Humphreys-Roberts Northern 21 September 1992
District Judge Hurley Western 04 January 1993
District Judge Ilsley Midland 01 May 1992
District Judge Ingram Midland 03 January 2006
District Judge Rasheeda Jabbar Midland 6 March 2008
District Judge Jacey South Eastern 04 July 1983
District Judge Jack Midland 17 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 Western 07 August 2000
District Judge Alan Jenkins South Eastern 06 September 1999
District Judge Peter Jenkins Wales 07 November 1983
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 Western 22 November 1993
District Judge Alison Jones Northern 30 July 1999
District Judge Andrew Jones Midland 03 August 1998
District Judge Ralph Jones Northern 02 January 1992
District Judge S Jones South Eastern 29 November 1999
District Judge Jones-Evans Wales 25 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 Western 21 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 Langley South Eastern 28 February 1994
District Judge Large North Eastern 02 October 1995
District Judge Lascelles North Eastern 01 September 1998
District Judge Law Northern 16 September 1996
District Judge Lawton North Eastern 01 May 1991
District Judge Lee South Eastern 30 November 1992
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 Lovecy Midland 01 February 2007
District Judge Lynch Midland 04 August 2008
District Judge MacKenzie Midland 10 June 1996
District Judge Mainwaring-Taylor TD North Eastern 15 April 1991
District Judge Manners South Eastern 29 October 2001
District Judge Manuel Western 05 September 2005
District Judge Marin South Eastern 11 August 2003
District Judge Marley North Eastern 01 November 1993
District Judge Marston Midland 10 January 2000
District Judge Matharu Northern 01 May 2009
District Judge Matthews South Eastern 01 February 1993
District Judge Maughan Midland 12 September 2005
District Judge Maw Midland 26 September 1994
District Judge McCulloch South Eastern 01 November 2005
District Judge McHale Midland 06 September 1999
District Judge McLoughlin South Eastern 02 June 2004
District Judge Meredith Western 06 November 1989
District Judge Merrick South Eastern 02 March 1992
District Judge Merriman Midland 01 April 1992
District Judge Middleton Western 06 September 2004
District Judge Mildred Western 05 February 1996
District Judge David Millard Midland 06 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 Mitchell Western 01 September 2003
District Judge Mitchell South Eastern 01 September 1997
District Judge Molle South Eastern 09 March 1992
District Judge Moon Western 01 December 1988
District Judge Morgan North Eastern 21 April 2009
District Judge Moreton Western 22 February 2008
District Judge Morley South Eastern 14 June 1994
District Judge Mornington North Eastern 10 June 1994
District Judge Morris South Eastern 02 August 1982
District Judge Mort North Eastern 13 June 2000
District Judge Morton Midland 06 April 1983
District Judge Mullis South Eastern 03 May 1994
District Judge Murdoch Midland 03 October 2005
District Judge Naqvi TD South Eastern 26 August 1997
District Judge Naylor Western 15 April 1991
District Judge Neaves Northern 19 January 2009
District Judge Newman Northern 10 August 1987
District Judge Nicholson South Eastern 21 October 2004
District Judge Nicolle Midlands 07 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 Oliver Midland 22 April 1991
District Judge O'Neill Northern 05 September 2005
District Judge O'Regan Midland 01 June 1998
District Judge Osborne Northern 16 June 1997
District Judge Owen Midland 18 January 1993
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 Midland 03 July 2000
District Judge Pates Northern 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 Pearl South Eastern 01 September 1999
District Judge Pelly South Eastern 09 July 1997
District Judge Perry Wales 12 September 1994
District Judge Perusko South Eastern 1 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 Powell North Eastern 07 May 1996
District Judge Price South Eastern 02 October 2000
District Judge Pugh Northern 25 September 2008
District Judge Raeside South Eastern 01 September 2000
District Judge Ralton South Eastern 20 April 2009
District Judge Rank Midland 31 August 1999
District Judge Read Western 14 January 2005
District Judge Reed North Eastern 02 June 2008
District Judge L Relph North West 01 September 2008
District Judge Reeson Midland 20 September 1993
District Judge Reeves Wales 03 November 1986
District Judge Regan Wales 27 April 2000
District Judge John Rhodes South Eastern 03 August 1998
District Judge Richardson North Eastern 01 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 Mark Rogers Midland 04 January 2007
District Judge Stephen C Rogers Midland 03 April 1995
District Judge Stephen E Rogers South Eastern 02 January 1996
District Judge Rowe Western 22 May 2006
District Judge Rowley South Eastern 01 February 2006
District Judge Royall South Eastern 01 April 1992
District Judge Rutherford Western 06 July 1987
District Judge Rutland South Eastern 01 March 1994
District Judge Ryan South Eastern 25 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 Midland 01 November 1999
District Judge Savage Midland 06 September 1993
District Judge Schroeder Midland 01 May 1992
District Judge Sehdev Midland 28 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 Midland 05 September 2005
District Judge Short South Eastern 06 January 1993
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 Singh CBE Wales 06 May 1997
District Judge Singleton Western 01 June 1998
District Judge Slim North Eastern 03 July 1995
District Judge Smart Northern 01 September 2005
District Judge Smedley Northern 02 September 1999
District Judge Brian Smith Western 04 January 1993
District Judge Geoffrey Smith South Eastern 31 March 2008
District Judge Graeme Smith Northern 14 July 2003
District Judge Simon Smith Northern 04 May 2004
District Judge Southcombe South Eastern 05 February 1990
District Judge John Sparrow Western 04 June 1996
District Judge Robert Sparrow South Eastern 04 January 1993
District Judge Spencer North Eastern 11 August 1997
District Judge Stamenkovich Midland 03 August 1998
District Judge Stapely North Eastern 03 July 2000
District Judge Stark Midland 01 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 Stocken North Eastern 02 January 1991
District Judge Stockton Northern 06 November 1993
District Judge David Martin Charles Stone South Eastern 25 February 2008
District Judge Stonier Northern 01 April 2006
District Judge Sturdy South Eastern 27 July 1994
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 Taylor Wales 01 July 2009
District Judge John Thomas Wales 05 April 2004
District Judge Alan Thomas Western 27 September 1999
District Judge J Lee Thomas Western 16 November 1993
District Judge Andrew Thomas South Eastern 06 July 1998
District Judge Thompson North Eastern 03 November 2003
District Judge Thorp North Eastern 19 May 2008
District Judge Tilbury South Eastern 02 March 1992
District Judge Toombs Midland 13 November 2001
District Judge Travers Northern 17 July 1989
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 Western 06 April 1992
District Judge Truman Midland 03 October 2005
District Judge Turner Northern 02 January 2002
District Judge Venables Midland 07 October 2003
District Judge Vokes South Eastern 03 November 2003
District Judge Wainwright Western 14 September 1998
District Judge Wakem South Eastern 07 September 2004
District Judge Andrew Walker Western 17 July 1995
District Judge Michael Walker CBE Royal Courts of Justice 05 April 1994
District Judge Wall Midland 01 September 2005
District Judge Wallace Northern 01 September 1999
District Judge Waterworth Western 27 September 1999
District Judge Watkins Western 02 June 2008
District Judge Brian Watson Western 08 November 2005
District Judge Sarah Watson Midland 26 February 2007
District Judge Paul Watson Midland 14 April 2009
District Judge Weaver Wales 01 September 1999
District Judge Weintroub Western 30 March 1992
District Judge Weston North Eastern 07 May 1985
District Judge Wharton South Eastern 05 April 1993
District Judge Wheeler Northern 01 March 2006
District Judge White Western 04 January 1994
District Judge David White South Eastern 02 October 2008
District Judge Whitehurst Midland 01 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 Williams Wales 03 June 1996
District Judge Willis Midland 3 March 2008
District Judge Williscroft Midland 25 February 2008
District Judge Wilson Western 05 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 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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