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Judiciary of Northern Ireland

Salaried Judicial Complement (as at 14 May 2012)

Lord Chief Justice 1 Date of Appointment *
The Right Honourable Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 2009

Lords Justices of Appeal 3 Date of Appointment
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Higgins 2007
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Girvan 2007
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Coghlin 2008

High Court Judges 10 Date of Appointment
The Honourable Mr Justice Gillen 1999
The Honourable Mr Justice McLaughlin 1999
The Honourable Mr Justice Weatherup 2001
The Honourable Mr Justice Weir 2003
The Honourable Mr Justice Deeny 2004
The Honourable Mr Justice Treacy 2007
The Honourable Mr Justice Stephens 2007
The Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey 2008
The Honourable Mr Justice Maguire 2012
Vacant  

County Court Judges 17 Date of Appointment
His Honour Judge Smyth QC 1990
His Honour Judge Burgess, Recorder of Belfast 1992
His Honour Judge Rodgers 1997
Her Honour Judge Philpott QC 1998
His Honour Judge McFarland 1998
His Honour Judge Finnegan QC 2001
His Honour Judge Marrinan 2003
Her Honour Judge McReynolds 2004
His Honour Judge Lynch QC 2004
Her Honour Judge Loughran 2004
His Honour Judge Babington 2004
His Honour Judge Grant, Recorder of Londonderry 2005
His Honour Judge Miller QC 2009
Her Honour Judge Smyth 2010
His Honour Judge Fowler QC 2011
His Honour Judge Devlin 2011
His Honour Judge Kerr QC​ 2012​

Masters of the High Court 7 Date of Appointment
Master Ellison 1993
Master Redpath 1998
Master McCorry 2001
Master Kelly 2005
Master Wells 2005
Master Bell 2006
Master Bailie 2007

District Judges 4 Date of Appointment
District Judge Wells 1996
District Judge Brownlie 1997
District Judge Collins 2000
​District Judge Gilpin ​2012

District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) 21 Date of Appointment
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Wilson 1989
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Perry 1992
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Alcorn 1993
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Copeland 1993
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Nixon 1993
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  McKibbin 1995
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Kelly 1997
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Magill 1997
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  McElholm 1998
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Watters 1998
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Conner 1999
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Hamill 1999
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Bates 2000
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  White 2000
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Meehan 2002
Mrs Bagnall, Presiding District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) 2003
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  McNally 2003
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Henderson 2005
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  King 2005
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  McCourt 2005
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)  Prytherch 2005

Chief Social Security and Child Support Commissioner 1 Date of Appointment
Dr K Mullan 2011

Social Security and Child Support Commissioner 1 Date of Appointment
Mr O Stockman 2011

President, Appeals Tribunal 1 Date of Appointment
Mr C MacLynn 1999

Legal Member of Appeals Tribunal 1 Date of Appointment
Ms E Fitzpatrick 2010

Lands Tribunal Member 1 Date of Appointment
Mr M Curry 1994

Coroners 3 Date of Appointment
Mr J Leckey 1992
Ms S Anderson 2006
Mr B Sherrard 2006

Official Solicitor 1 Date of Appointment
Miss B Donnelly 1998

* Date of appointment refers to the date of taking up current judicial post as indicated and not any previous judicial posts held