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18 Mar 2010 07:00 AM
District Judge Appointments - Gordon and Rand

News Release issued by the COI News Distribution Service on 17 March 2010

HM The Queen has appointed Elizabeth Carmel Gordon to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has assigned her to the Northern Circuit, based at Wigan County Court, with effect from Wednesday 24 March 2010. Mrs Gordon will be working on a 60% pro rata basis.

HM The Queen has appointed Linda Anne Rand to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Right Honourable The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has assigned her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Milton Keynes County Court with effect from Friday 26 March 2010.

Notes to Editors

Mrs Gordon is aged 38 and she was admitted as a Solicitor in 1998.

Ms Rand is aged 53. She was admitted as a Solicitor in 1986 and was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 1994.

Ref: JHR040/10

Contacts:

Ministry of Justice - Judicial Appointments
ndsenquiries@coi.gsi.gov.uk