The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ Simon Mills has been appointed as Resident Judge for North Wales for a period of four years commencing from 2 May 2026. The Lady Chief Justice wishes HHJ Simon Mills well in his new role.

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District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Michael Antony Wheeler retires with effect from 1 May 2026. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Wheeler was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) in 2003, a District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) in 2009 and a Recorder in 2012. He was a District […]

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Her Honour Judge Jane Ingram retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 May 2026. Background information Her Honour Judge Ingram was admitted as a Solicitor in 1985. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1999, a District Judge in 2006 and a Circuit Judge in 2020. She was a Civil Course Tutor […]

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The Honourable Dame Beverley Ann Macnaughton Lang DBE retires from the High Court (King’s Bench Division) with effect from 1 May 2026. The Lady Chief Justice thanks Dame Beverley Lang DBE for her significant contribution to the administration of justice, having served over 30 years as a judge. At the point of her retirement, she […]

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Employment Judge Philip Chrysanthou Tsamados retires with effect from 1 May 2026. Background information Employment Judge Tsamados was admitted as a Solicitor in 2001. He was appointed as a fee-paid Employment Judge (England & Wales) in 2009 and as a Salaried Employment Judge (England & Wales) in 2019. 

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The King has appointed Simon Harrington to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill.  The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]

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