Diversity and Community Relations Judges (DCRJs)

DCRJs cover the area surrounding their base court, unless specified otherwise. If you would like to contact your local DCRJ, you can do so by contacting their base court using the Court and Tribunal Finder (external link, opens in a new tab). Alternatively, you can email the HR Diversity Team in the Judicial Office.

London and the South East

Name	Location
Tribunal Judge Thaira Bibi	First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Taylor House)
His Honour Judge Mark Bishop	Cambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Tracey Bloom	Luton County Court
Her Honour Judge Margo Boye	Central Family Court
Her Honour Judge Catherine Brown	Canterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Sarah Campbell	Reading Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sandy Canavan	Snaresbrook Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Surinder Capper	War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (Fox Court, London)
His Honour Judge Edward Connell	Isleworth Crown Court
His Honour Judge Jonathan Cooper	Cambridge Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah Davies	Canterbury Combined Court Centre
Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean	Harrow Crown Court
His Honour Judge Marc Dight CBE (Lead DCRJ)	Royal Courts of Justice
Tribunal Judge Nicholas Easterman	First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Hatton Cross)
District Judge Sarah Ellington	Court of Protection (High Holborn)
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Karim Ezzat	Westminster Magistrates’ Court
District Tribunal Judge Ita Farrelly	Social Entitlement Chamber (Chelmsford, Essex)
His Honour Judge Simon Freeland	Central London County Court
Employment Judge Andrew Gumbiti-Zimuto	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Reading)
Tribunal Judge Neeti Haria	First-tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Hatton Cross
His Honour Judge Stephen Hellman	Central London County Court
His Honour Judge Michael Hopmeier	Southwark Crown Court
Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) Tanweer Ikram (Deputy Lead DCRJ)	Westminster Magistrates’ Court
His Honour Judge Kwame Inyundo	Snaresbrook Crown Court
Employment Judge Julia Jones	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (East London)
Her Honour Judge Usha Karu	Inner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KC	Wood Green Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Georgina Kent	Kingston Crown Court
District Judge Nawal Kumrai	Willesden County Court
Tribunal Judge Siew Ying Loke	Taylor House Tribunal Hearing Centre (London)
His Honour Judge Gary Lucie	Luton Crown Court
His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC	Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
Her Honour Judge Helen Lusty	Brighton Family Court
Her Honour Judge Kathryn Major	Bromley County and Family Court
District Judge Shanti Mauger	Central London County Court
Tribunal Judge Jane McConnell	Health Education and Social Care Chamber (Royal Courts of Justice)
District Tribunal Judge Elizabeth McMahon	Social Entitlement Chamber (Reading)
Her Honour Judge Barbara Mensah	Wood Green Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Michael Michell	Property Chamber Land Registration Division National (Alfred Place, London)
Her Honour Judge Freya Newbery	Inner London Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Azmat Nisa	Guildford and County Family Court
His Honour Judge Rupert Overbury	Ipswich Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Sarah Paneth	Isleworth Crown Court
District Judge (Magistrates Court) Hina Rai	Croydon Magistrates’ Court
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara	East London Family Court
His Honour Judge David Saunders	Central London County Court
Tribunal Judge Paul Shaerf	Taylor House (London)
Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Smaller	Croydon Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Dafna Spiro	Harrow Crown Court
His Honour Judge Philip Statman	Maidstone Crown Court
Employment Judge James Tayler	Employment Tribunal (Kingsway)
Her Honour Judge Sarah Venn	South Eastern Circuit – Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith	Cambridge County Court
Her Honour Judge Caroline Wigin	St Albans Crown Court

Midlands

Name	Location
His Honour Judge Fayyaz Afzal CBE	Derby Combined Court Centre
District Tribunal Judge Mark Angus	North Staffordshire Justice Centre
District Tribunal Judge Jane Beale	Social Entitlement Chamber (Birmingham)
His Honour Judge Jinder Singh Boora	Birmingham County Court
Employment Judge Veronica Dean	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Acting Regional Employment Judge Lorna Findlay	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Christopher Gaskell	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Hilary Harding	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
Employment Judge Pauline Hughes	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)
District Tribunal Judge Michelle Jeffreys	Nottingham Justice Centre
District Judge Sunita Mason CBE	Nottingham County Court
His Honour Judge Abbas Mithani KC	Coventry County Court
Regional Employment Judge Fiona Monk	Midlands (West) Employment Tribunal
His Honour Judge Ebraham Mooncey	Crown Court Leicester and Northampton
His Honour Judge Avik Mukherjee	Birmingham Crown Court
Tribunal Judge Joe Neville	First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Leicester
His Honour Judge Keith Raynor	Crown Court Leicester
District Judge Anthony Rich TD	Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
Her Honour Judge Katherine Tucker	Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre – County
Employment Judge Sara Woffenden	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Birmingham)

North East

Name	Location
District Judge Dan Curtis (Magistrates Court)	Grimsby Magistrates Court, South Humberside
Tribunal Judge Carl Gumsley	First Tier Tribunal (IAC), North Shields
Employment Judge David Jones	Employment Tribunals England and Wales (Leeds)
Tribunal Judge David Kelly	Tribunals Hearing Centre, Phoenix House (Bradford)
His Honour Judge Mushtaq Khokhar	Leeds Combined Court Centre
Tribunal Judge Nick Moss	Social Entitlement (Newcastle)
Tribunal Judge Laurence Saffer	Tribunal Hearing Centre (Bradford)

North West

Name	Location
Tribunal Judge Duncan Birrell	First-tier Tribunal Health Education and Social Care Chamber (Manchester)
District Judge Martin Bland	Family and County Court (Lancaster)
Upper Tribunal Judge Gaenor Bruce	Civil Justice Centre (Bridge Street West, Manchester/ Holborn, London)
Her Honour Judge Sara Dodd	Burnley Lancaster Crown Court
District Tribunal Judge Alex Durance	Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
Employment Judge Rebecca Howard	Manchester Employment Tribunals (Alexandra House)
District Judge Sunil Iyer	Manchester Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Andrew Jefferies KC	Preston/Burnley/Barrow/Lancaster Crown Court
Upper Tribunal Judge Melanie Plimmer	Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Manchester and London)
Employment Judge Dawn Shotter	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Liverpool)
District Judge Graham Stuart	Manchester County Court

Western

Name	Location
Employment Judge Mark Emerton	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Southampton)
His Honour Judge Mark Anthony Horton	Bristol Crown Court
Her Honour Judge Angela Morris	Winchester Crown Court
Regional Employment Judge Rohan Pirani	Bristol Civil Justice Centre
Employment Judge Nicholas Roper	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Plymouth/Bristol)

Wales

Name	Location
District Tribunal Judge Ian Boyes	Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Newport)
Regional Employment Judge Sian Davies	Employment Tribunal England and Wales (Cardiff)
Her Honour Judge Catherine Howells	Wrexham Civil and Family Court
District Judge Bethan Japheth	Prestatyn Civil Justice Centre
His Honour Judge Milwyn Jarman KC	Cardiff Civil Justice Centre – County
District Judge Morgan Jenkins	Newport Civil and Family Court – County
District Judge Adem Muzaffer	Newport County Court and Family Court
Tribunal Judge Stephen Povey	Newport Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
District Judge Jake Pratt	Haverfordwest and Aberystwyth County and Family Courts
Tribunal Judge Rhiannon Price	Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Cardiff)