The Ministry of Justice has confirmed a 7% rise in judicial salaries with pay for senior circuit judges, including those at the Old Bailey and the Recorder of Liverpool and Recorder of Manchester, rising to £170, 304.

In figures released this week, Dame Sue Carr, the incoming LCJ – rumoured to be taking on the title of Lady Chief Justice rather than Lord Chief Justice – will be paid £294,821 compared to last year’s salary of £275,534.

The master of the rolls and president of the Supreme Court receive £263,256 compared to April 2022 when the salary was £246,034.

Salary group 2, which includes the chancellor of the High Court, justices of the Supreme Court and its deputy president, as well as the presidents of the Family Division and King’s Bench division and the senior president of tribunals, saw their salary rise from £237,639 to £254,274.

Lord and lady justices of appeal earn £241,796 compared to £225,978 in April 2022.

Salary group 4, which includes the president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the president of the Upper Tribunal, as well as the chancery supervising judge, receive £212,351 compared to last year’s salary of £198,459.

Senior circuit judges and judges of the Business and Property Courts are amongst those who were on £159,163 and will now earn £170,304.

Upper Tribunal judges receive £164,015 from £153,285 and those in salary group 5.2, including circuit judges’ salaries, rise from £147,388 to £157,705.

District judges now earn £126,514 compared to in April 2022 when salaries were £118,237.

Judicial daily sitting fees have also benefited from the 7% increase with deputy high court judges sitting in England and Wales now earning £1,011.22 and deputy district judges earning £588.44, or £607.06 with the London weighting fee.

Employment judges’ daily sitting fees will also rise to £575.08 or £593.26 with London weighting fee.

The figures follow justice secretary Alex Chalk’s announcement this summer that he accepted the recommendation of the Senior Salaries Review Body to award an increase to most judicial office holders for 2023/24.

The increase, which applies to all salary groups and is expected to benefit some 1,922 salaries judicial office holders, was backdated to April 2023.

 

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