Master Alix Beldam will retire from her role as Registrar of Criminal Appeals on Friday 30 October 2026.

His Honour Judge Bilal Siddique has temporarily been appointed under s91 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 as Registrar of Criminal Appeals from Monday 2 November 2026 until a permanent Registrar is appointed by His Majesty the King following an exercise undertaken by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

His Honour Judge Siddique was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1996. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge in 2019, as a Recorder in 2020, as a salaried Judge of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber in 2021, as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021, as a Diversity and Community Relations Judge in 2022 and as a Circuit Judge in 2023.

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