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Notices

Number 46, Spring 2026

There were no Christenings or Marriages to report in the relevant period.

Deaths

Mr Christopher Eriewo Undumebraye Bazunu, on 20 September 2000
Mrs Dinah Hutchinson, on 4 October 2025
Mr Justin Philips, on 17 October 2025
Mr Stephen Suttle KC, on 25 November 2025
Malcolm Charles Dutchman-Smith, on 26 November 2025
Ena Collymore-Woodstock, on 3 December 2025
Mrs Pamela Jordan, on 17 January 2026
Mr John Cartwright on 14 February 2026
HH Peter J Fox KC on 19 February 2026

New Silks

Christopher Michael Douglas Barnes
Jessie Kate Bowhill
William Neal Davis
Bobby (Robert) Friedman
Steven Gray
Timothy James Killen
Helen Elizabeth Law
David Mark Lowe
Alasdair Hamish Mackenzie
Eleanor Frances Mawrey
William Charles Oliver Moffett
Martina Patricia Murphy
Andrew Christopher Powell
Matthew John Piers Roberts
Jonathan Michael Upton
Gareth James Weetman
Matthew James White
Her Honour Judge Emma Nott (Honoris Causa)

New Benchers

The Hon. Mr Justice Birt
Ms Justice Obi
Philip Aldworth KC (Hon)
Mr Justice Andrew Thomas Kaneen Corlett OBE (Hon)
The Hon Lord Pentland (Paul Cullen) (Hon)
Dana Denis-Smith OBE (Hon)
Dame Susan Langley DBE OBE (Hon)
Christopher Lau SC (Singapore) (Hon)

Notices from Pension

June 2025 – February 2026

At the meeting on 25 June 2025, the Treasurer, Master Geraldine Andrews, reported the death of Master Courtenay Griffiths KC. She congratulated Master Avik Mukherjee on his appointment as Resident Judge at Stafford Crown Court and Master Professor Julia Mary Black CBE FBA, an Honorary Bencher, who was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). She also congratulated Master Sophie Lamb on her appointment by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) as a member of their Court of Arbitration.

At the meeting on 23 July 2025, the Treasurer congratulated Masters Amanda Yip and David Foxton on their elevation to the Court of Appeal.

At the meeting on 15 October 2025 the Treasurer reported the death of Master Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG KC and of Master Edward Davidson KC.

At the meeting on 19 November 2025 the Treasurer congratulated Master Andrew Thomas KC on his appointment as Vice Chair of the Criminal Bar Association. She wished Master Caroline Wright well on her retirement as a Circuit Judge. She also congratulated The Hon. Justice Richard Williams, Cayman Islands, a Member of Hall, on his election as President of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (CMJA).

At the meeting on 14 January 2026 the Treasurer, Master Andrew McFarlane, reported the death of Ena Collymore-Woodstock OD, MBE. He congratulated Master Neil Moody on his appointment as a Justice of the High Court. He wished Master Sybil Thomas well on her retirement as a Senior Circuit Judge and also Master Joanna Greenberg on her retirement as a Circuit Judge, as well as Master Timothy Julian Kerr on his retirement as a Judge of the High Court (King’s Bench Division). He congratulated Stanley Kendrick John KC, a Member of Hall, who was elevated to Governor General of St Vincent and The Grenadines and Master Christopher Vajda KC, who was awarded a KB, Knight Bachelor, for services to international law. He also congratulated His Hon Jeffrey Blackett, a Member of Hall, who was awarded an OBE, and Mr Patrick Brian Kerr, a Member of Hall, who was awarded an MBE, as well as Mr David Harry Stembridge KC, a Member of Hall, who was awarded an BEM.

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