Lord Chief Justice appoints 40 Deputy High Court Judges
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, has appointed 40 Deputy High Court Judges, for a single fixed six-year term.
The appointments under section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 follow an open competition run by the Judicial Appointments Commission.
The new Deputy High Court Judges are:
- Susan Alegre
- Nicholas Paul Thomas Allen QC
- Charles Richard Milo Bagot QC
- Simon Christopher Birt QC
- Paul Edward Bowen QC
- Kirsty Brimelow QC
- Matthew Butt QC
- Simon Colton QC
- Nigel Stuart Cooper QC
- Sarah Crowther QC
- Naomi Clare Davey
- Dexter Dias QC
- Benjamin Douglas-Jones QC
- Antony Philip Dunne OBE
- Richard John Alva Farnhill
- Campbell Alexander James Forsyth
- Jonathan Joseph Glasson QC
- Simon Gleeson
- Eleanor Mary Grey QC
- Amanda Jane Hardy QC
- James Simon Healy-Pratt
- Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill QC
- Jonathan Adam Hilliard QC
- Paul Andrew Hopkins QC
- Jeremy Rupert Daniel Hyam QC
- Geoffrey Llewelyn Woodward Kingscote QC
- Tom Charles Little QC
- Charlotte Louisa May QC
- David Niaz Mohyuddin QC
- Clare Melanie Padley
- Robert Henry Palmer QC
- David Pievsky QC
- Karen Lesley Ridge
- Vikram Sachdeva QC
- Caroline Shea QC
- Bilal Muhammad Siddique
- Peter Skelton QC
- Michael John Tappin QC
- Simon Tinkler
- Stephen Mark Trowell QC
The appointment of Deputy High Court Judges comes after the naming of five new Justices of the High Court this month.