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Judges

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the names and ages of all the judges of (a) the Supreme Court and (b) the crown-county courts now aged 69 years or over.

On 1 December 1991, in addition to the Lord Chancellor and the four heads of divisions, there were 27 Lords Justices, 84 High Court judges, 457 circuit judges and 231 district judges. Those aged 69 or over represented about 19 per cent. of Lords Justices, 10 per cent. of High Court judges, 9 per cent. of circuit judges and 3 per cent. of district judges.The names of those judges, with their ages, at 1 December 1991, is as follows:

Age
Heads of Division
Lord Lane73
Lord Donaldson of Lymington71
Lords Justices
Lord Justice Watkins73
Lord Justice Fox70
Lord Justice Purchas72
Lord Justice Gibson69
Lord Justice Stocker73
High Court Judges
Mr. Justice Hollings73
Mr. Justice Boreham73
Mr. Justice Tudor Evans73
Mr. Justice Hodgson74
Mr. Justice Wood69
Mr. Justice Eastham71
Mr. Justice Sheen73
Mr. Justice Mervyn Davies73
Circuit Judges
Judge Paterson73
Judge David QC69
Judge Francis70
Judge da Cunha69
Judge Barr71
Judge Figgis73
Judge Lovegrove QC71
Judge Macnair72
Judge Powell71
Judge Monier-Williams71
Judge Rutter72
Judge Rubin71
Judge Lymbery QC71
Judge Willcock QC70
Judge Wakley74
Judge Hickman69
Judge Starforth Hill QC70
Date of appointment to Supreme CourtDate of appointment to current post75th Birthday
Heads of Divisions
Lord Lane30 September 196615 April 198017 July 1993
Lord Donaldson of Lymington30 September 196630 September 19826 October 1995
Sir Stephen Brown30 September 197511 January 19883 October 1999
Lords Justices
Lord Justice Watkins19 April 197115 April 198011 November 1993
Lord Justice Fox30 September 19759 February 19818 October 1996
Lord Justice Purchas22 April 197430 September 198219 June 1994
Lord Justice Stocker4 June 19733 February 19867 October 1993

Age

Judge Bolland71
Judge Martin QC72
Judge Booth QC69
Judge Beezley70
Judge Hayman73
Judge Woolley69
Judge Leo Clark QC70
Judge Morris-Jones QC69
Judge Garfitt70
Judge Sir Sanderson Temple QC70
Judge Galpin70
Judge Band QC72
Judge Blythe74
Judge Cosgrave71
Judge Dobry QC73
Judge Shindler QC69
Judge Cooke74
Judge Aron Owen72
Judge Hunter70
Judge Clark69
Judge Medd QC72
Judge Roberts70
Judge Birks71
Judge McCarraher69
Judge John Davies QC70
Judge Fox-Andrews QC69

District Judges

District Judge Hibbert69
District Judge Freeman71
District Judge Park69
District Judge Barker71
District Judge Vaughan69
District Judge Radford69
District Judge Bilmes71

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the names, with dates of appointment, together with last possible date of retirement, of all unretired judges of the Supreme Court and crown/county courts who have already acquired sufficient years of service on the bench to qualify for the maximum appropriate judicial pension.

Judges of the Supreme Court must retire on their 75th birthday. Normally, circuit judges and district judges must retire at the end of the completed year of service in which they attain the age of 72, but may be extended in office by the Lord Chancellor, where he considers it desirable in the public interest, up to the age of 75. The last possible date of retirement for each judge is therefore 75.Set out in the table, with their date of appointment and 75th birthday, are the judges of the Supreme Court who on 1 December 1991 had served for at least 15 years in that capacity, the condition necessary to qualify for an immediate pension on retirement of half annual salary:

Date of appointment to Supreme Court

Dale of appointment to current post

75th Birthday

High Court Judges

Mr. Justice Hollings19 April 197112 June 1993
Mr. Justic Boreham10 January 197219 October 1993
Mr. Justice Tudor Evans21 June 197420 June 1995

Set out in the table, with their date of appointment and 75th birthday, are the circuit judges who on 1 December 1991 had served at least 15 years in that capacity and had attained the age of 65, the conditions necessary to qualify for an immediate pension on retirement of half annual salary:

Appointment

75th Birthday

Judge Paterson30 September 196810 July 1993
Judge Robert David, QC1 May 196930 April 1997
Judge Francis7 July 196919 March 1996
Judge Heald6 February 197019 August 1998
Judge da Cunha1 June 19706 September 1997
Judge Barr20 October 197020 November 1995
Judge Figgis19 March 197112 September 1993
Judge Lovegrove, QC23 April 197122 December 1994
Judge Verney2 June 197119 July 1999
Judge Gower, QC1 October 19716 November 2000
Judge Head8 November 19714 December 1998
Judge Anwyl-Davies, QC1 January 197211 July 1998
Judge Irvine1 January 197210 July 2000
Judge Macnair1 January 197227 February 1994
Judge Powell1 January 197229 July 1995
Judge Monier-Williams1 January 197229 April 1995
Judge Lloyd1 January 19723 January 1999
Judge Rutter1 January 197218 September 1994
Judge Allarice1 January 197218 December 1999
Judge Hammerton15 May 197218 June 2001
Judge Rubin11 September 19728 March 1995
Judge Lymbery, QC29 September 197214 November 1995
Judge Willcock, QC29 September 197222 February 1996
Judge Harrison-Hall29 September 197220 December 2000
Judge Morgan Hughes10 November 197220 January 2001
Judge Norwood12 January 197324 March 2001
Judge Cotton12 January 19736 March 2001
Judge Wakley2 March 19737 July 1992
Judge Baker30 March 19735 November 2000
Judge Phelan1 July 197425 July 1998
Judge Hickman1 July 19742 October 1997
Judge Starforth Hill, QC5 July 197430 September 1996
Judge Bolland2 September 197430 March 1995
Judge Wickham3 September 197522 September 2001
Judge Arthur17 October 197529 April 1998
Judge Martin, QC12 December 197526 November 1994
Judge Robert12 December 197519 November 1998
Judge Stroyan, QC12 December 197527 November 1999
Judge Booth, QC13 January 197620 August 1997
Judge Beezley30 April 197630 January 1996
Judge Wooley30 April 197628 November 1997
Judge Hayman30 April 197624 August 1993
Judge Lea Clark, QC1 July 197615 December 1995
Judge Nina Lowry2 July 19766 September 2000
Judge Anthony Cox2 July 197621 April 1999

Set out in the table, with their date of appointment and 75th birthday, are the district judges who on 1 December 1991 had served in that capacity for at least 20 years and had attained the age of 65, the conditions necessary to qualify for an immediate pension on retirement of half annual salary:

Date of Appointment

75th Birthday

District Judge Hibbert19 November 196224 March 1997
District Judge Dunford3 December 196222 September 2001
District Judge Elliott2 December 19638 February 1999

Date of Appointment

75th Birthday

District Judge Lam2 December 19633 March 2000
District Judge Parmiter15 June 197021 November 2001
District Judge Horsey1 January 197120 July 2001
District Judge Jeffreys1 January 197119 September 2001
District Judge Freeman1 September 19713 September 1995

Separate arrangements may apply in certain circumstances to judges who have served previously in other judicial capacities.