By Asia Samachar Team | BRITAIN |
Lawyer Ranjit Singh Uppal, who is already a deputy district judge and active in providing international legal training to foreign lawyers, has been appointed as a full-time district judge.
The appointment is made by the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Burnett of Maldon, according to a statement released at the UK judiciary website.
The 47 year-old solicitor will be known as District Judge Uppal, the statement added. He was made a deputy district judge in 2010.
Ranjit has worked in the legal profession since 1995 when he joined Parker Bird Solicitors. He qualified as a solicitor in 1997 – making him the first Sikh Solicitor in Huddersfield – and was made Partner in 2000. He later joined Switalskis when both firms merged in 2012, according to a statement released by the law firm Switalskis.
Ranjit has also served as President of Huddersfield Law Society, making him the youngest and first Asian president in its 126-year history, as well as carrying out pro bono projects in Brazil, Uganda, Paraguay and Ghana, all relating to child care law.
His international training has been with Strengthening Families for Abandoned Children (SFAC). He was recognised nationally as Solicitor Advocate of the Year at the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2016, it added.
Ranjit will be deployed at the North Eastern Circuit and based at Doncaster County Court as the principal court with sittings at Sheffield Combined Court effect from 30.
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Proud of him. Well done. Another feather in his turban
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