Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Oborne appointed Recorders

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11/11/2024

Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that the King has appointed Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Oborne as Recorders on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. 

Their appointments will take effect from 18th November 2024 and they will be deployed to sit in Crime on the South Eastern Circuit.

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