House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 31 October 2002 The Queen has been pleased by Warrants under Her Royal Sign Manual dated 31 October 2002 to appoint the following persons to be Recorders under section 21 of the Courts Act 1971. For appointment to the Western circuit: Miss Claudia Madeleine Ackner, Leslie Adrian Blohm, Esquire, Barry Paul Cotter, Esquire, Kevin Charles De Haan, Esquire, QC, Peter Donald Fraser, Esquire, Ian Douglas Lawrie, Esquire, and Roderick Alistair Imrie McAlpine, Esquire. For appointment to the South Eastern Circuit: Brian Altman, Esquire, Richard Waldegrave Atchley, Esquire, Guy Russell Ayers, Esquire, Martyn Stephen Barklem, Esquire, Charles Bear, Esquire, Miss Jacqueline Elaine Beech, David James Brock, Esquire, Richard Henderson Bruce, Esquire, Commander Simon Nicholas Cooper, RN, Peter David William Coulson, Esquire, QC, Miss Johannah Cutts, Marc David Dight, Esquire, James Dingemans, Esquire, QC, Sean Enright, Esquire, Christopher Allen Wood Gibson, Esquire, QC, Peter John de Peauly Gower, Esquire, Miss Anna Maeve Guggenheim, QC, Donald Peter Herbert, Esquire, Richard Eric Horwell, Esquire, Richard David Jacobs, Esquire, QC, Anthony Francis Jennings, Esquire, QC, Miss Georgina Kent, Adrian Charles Edmund Lynch, Esquire QC, Ms Alexandra Louise Marks, John Francis McGuinness, Esquire, QC, Gavin James Millar, Esquire, QC, Philip Drury Moor, Esquire, QC, Andrew John Gregory Moylan, Esquire, QC, Christopher George Nugee, Esquire, QC, Brian Patrick O’Neill, Esquire, Christopher Mark Glyn Ockelton, Esquire, Mrs Nicola Margaret Padfield, Raj Dominic Parker, Esquire, Lionel Edward Persey, Esquire, QC, Nicholas Piers Rhodes, Esquire, Neil John Tait Sanders, Esquire, Philip Geoffrey Shorrock, Esquire, Ms Ingrid Ann Simler, Kuldip Singh, Esquire, QC, Dr Simon Wheldon Taylor, Roger Eduard Lound ter Haar, Esquire, QC, Christopher Stephen Vajda, Esquire, QC, David John Whittaker, Esquire, David Beverley Williams, Esquire and Christopher John Wilson, Esquire. For appointment to the North Eastern Circuit: Mrs Penelope Mary Belcher, Mark Bury, Esquire, John Robert Lodge, Esquire, David Anthony Oldham, Esquire, Simon Benjamin Phillips, Esquire, Andrew James Stubbs, Esquire and Patrick Howard Walker, Esquire. For appointment to the Northern Circuit: John Michael Barrett, Esquire, Michael Charles Blakey, Esquire, Louis Bartholomew Anthony Browne, Esquire, Anthony Maurice Cross, Esquire, Stephen Richard Davies, Esquire, Stuart Frank Driver, Esquire, Maurice Alan Greene, Esquire, Mark Gareth Halliwell, Esquire, Miss Frances Margaret Heaton, Simon Jonathan Hilton, Esquire, David Alan Knifton, Esquire, Andrew Peter Nuttall, Esquire, John James Rowley, Esquire, Anthony Dennis Watson, Esquire and Nigel Garvin Clayton, Esquire. For appointment to the Wales and Chester Circuit: Duncan John Bould, Esquire, Clive Buckland Lewis, Esquire and Richard Julian Franklyn Shaw, Esquire. For appointment to the Midland Circuit: Mark Roger Anderson, Esquire, John Simon Bowers, Esquire, QC, Miss Rachel Rennie Virginia Ann Brand, QC, Martin Frank Butterworth, Esquire, Nigel Jonathan Daly, Esquire, Ian William Dove, Esquire, John David Edwards, Esquire, Richard Philip Hedley, Esquire, Miss Frances Jean Judd, Matthias John Kelly, Esquire QC, Simon Paul King, Esquire, Matthew William Brooker Marsh, Esquire, Nicholas Paul Billot Paines, Esquire, QC, Stephen Edward Owen Thomas, Esquire and Richard Carver Wilson, Esquire. C I P Denyer