Black Letter Law Directory | 2015 | Circuit Judges (County Courts and Crown Courts)

Patricia Dangor was the first person of African ancestry to be appointed a Circuit Judge of England and Wales in1999 and retired from the Circuit Bench in 2013. In the same month in 2013,...

Usha Karu was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2005 and sits at the Inner London Crown Court. She was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1984, appointed as Assistant Recorder in 1998 and a Recorder in 2000. She was a specialist...

Abbas Mithani QC became a Judge on the Midlands Circuit in July 2006 and was a Deputy Bankruptcy Registrar from 1993 until 2006. He was appointed as a District Judge in 1999 and went on to become a Recorder of the Crown Court in 2001. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at Newcastle and Kingston...

Nasreen Pearce formerly sat at the Luton County Court and retired from the Bench in 2009. She was the first Asian woman to become a Circuit Judge when she was appointed to the South Eastern Circuit in 1994....

Khatun Sapnara has been a Circuit Judge since 2014. She was formerly a Family Law barrister, specialising in the law relating to children, at Coram Chambers and was also a Recorder appointed in 2006. She is recognised as a leading expert on forced marriages. Khatun was appointed to the...