Judiciary of Northern Ireland

Salaried Judicial Complement (as at 01 January 2023)

Lady Chief Justice (1)

  • The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (appointed 02 September 2021)

Lords Justices of Appeal (3)

  • The Honourable Lord Justice Treacy (appointed 08 November 2017)
  • The Right Honourable Lord Justice McCloskey (appointed 05 September 2019)
  • The Right Honourable Lord Justice Horner (appointed 05 September 2022)

High Court Judges (11)

  • The Honourable Mr Justice O'Hara (appointed 08 April 2013)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Colton (appointed 07 September 2015)
  • The Honourable Madam Justice McBride (appointed 23 October 2015)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice McAlinden (appointed 15 June 2018)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Huddleston (appointed 07 January 2019)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Scoffield (appointed 02 November 2020)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice McFarland (appointed 02 November 2020)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Humphreys (appointed 15 February 2021)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Rooney (appointed 01 March 2021)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Fowler (appointed 23 June 2022)
  • The Honourable Mr Justice Kinney (appointed 16 December 2022)

County Court Judges (20)

  • His Honour Judge Lynch KC (appointed 06 September 2004)
  • His Honour Judge Miller KC (appointed 11 May 2009)
  • Her Honour Judge Smyth, Recorder of Belfast (appointed 01 February 2010)
  • His Honour Judge Devlin (appointed 20 January 2011)
  • His Honour Judge Kerr KC​ (appointed 28 February 2012)
  • His Honour Judge Sherrard (appointed 10 September 2012)
  • Her Honour Judge McColgan KC (appointed 08 November 2013)
  • His Honour Judge Ramsey KC (appointed 12 May 2014)
  • Her Honour Judge Crawford (appointed 07 September 2015)
  • His Honour Judge Rafferty KC, Recorder of Londonderry (appointed 05 September 2016)
  • Her Honour Judge McCormick KC (appointed 05 September 2018)
  • His Honour Judge Gilpin (appointed 05 September 2019)
  • Her Honour Judge Bagnall (appointed 21 June 2021)
  • His Honour Judge McGurgan (appointed 21 June 2021)
  • His Honour Judge Greene KC (appointed 28 June 2021)
  • His Honour Judge Irvine KC (appointed 05 July 2021)
  • His Honour Judge McGarrity (appointed 16 December 2022)
  • His Honour Judge Reel (appointed 16 December 2022)
  • Vacant

District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) (21)

  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Kelly (appointed 04 August 1997)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) McElholm (appointed 18 May 1998)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Watters (appointed 04 August 1998)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Hamill (appointed 01 March 1999)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Conner (appointed 03 September 1999)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Meehan (appointed 04 February 2002)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) E King (appointed 01 June 2005)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Henderson (appointed 01 June 2005)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Prytherch (appointed 27 October 2005)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Broderick (appointed 02 September 2013)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) P King (appointed 29 November 2013)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Brady (appointed 07 November 2016)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Mullan (appointed 01 December 2016)
  • District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Ranaghan (appointed 19 September 2017)
  • District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) P Magill (appointed 19 December 2018)
  • Presiding District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Keown (appointed 19 December 2018)
  • District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Marshall (appointed 07 June 2022)
  • District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) McSorley (appointed 07 June 2022)
  • Vacant
  • Vacant
  • Vacant

Masters of the High Court (7)

  • Presiding Master Kelly (appointed 01 July 2005)
  • Master H Wells​ (appointed 08 September 2005)
  • Master Bell (appointed 11 September 2006)
  • Master Hardstaff (appointed 22 September 2014)
  • Master Sweeney​ (appointed 20 April 2015)
  • Master McGivern​ (appointed 26 June 2015)
  • Master Harvey (appointed 21 September 2022)

District Judges (4)

  • District Judge Collins (appointed 06 October 2000)
  • Presiding District Judge Duncan (appointed 01 April 2014)
  • District Judge Logue (appointed 19 April 2021)
  • District Judge Harmer (appointed 11 January 2022)

Coroners (4) *

  • Mr McCrisken (appointed 08 February 2016)
  • Mrs Toal (appointed 21 September 2020)
  • Miss Dougan (appointed 12 April 2021)
  • Mrs Fee (appointed 17 September 2021)
  • Coroner Toal (appointed 01 September 2022)

Chief Social Security and Child Support Commissioner (1)

  • Dr Mullan (appointed 02 June 2011)

Social Security and Child Support Commissioner (1)

  • Mr Stockman (appointed 11 August 2011)

President, Appeals Tribunal (1)

  • Mr Duffy (appointed 16 February 2015)

Legal Member of Appeals Tribunal (1)

  • Ms Fitzpatrick (appointed 30 April 2010)

Lands Tribunal Member (1)

  • Mr Spence (appointed 23 July 2012)

President, Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (1)

  • Mr Kelly (appointed 04 April 2022)

Vice-President, Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (1)

  • Mrs Orr (appointed 12 October 2022)

Employment Judge of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal (7)

  • Mr Greene (appointed 05 March 2007)
  • Mrs Murray (appointed 01 April 2009)
  • Mrs Gamble (appointed 05 September 2018)
  • Mr Hamill (appointed 19 December 2019)
  • Mrs Tiffney (appointed 10 February 2020)
  • Mrs Sturgeon (appointed 07 September 2020)
  • Vacant

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

*In addition, there are nineteen salaried judges who hold the role of coroner concurrently with their other judicial post.