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Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean

Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean - Recorder of Redbridge

Her Honour Judge Rosa Mary Dean is a Senior Circuit Judge and the Resident Judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court in England.

HHJ Dean was appointed as a Senior Circuit Judge and Resident Judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court, effective 19th September 2022, by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales at the time, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon.

Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean is also the Honorary Recorder of Redbridge, a ceremonial role that recognises her position as the senior judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court. 

HHJ Dean is the presiding judge in the case of Ricky Jones, a suspended Labour councillor charged with encouraging violent disorder.

Ricky Jones, aged 57, was charged by the CPS in connection to a speech he made on the 7th August 2024, in Walthamstow, where he allegedly made inflammatory remarks

“They are disgusting Nazi fascists. We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all.”

On the 15th August 2025 the Labour councillor Ricky Jones who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally was found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.

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HHJ Dean Legal Bio

Her Honour Judge Dean was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1994 and began her judicial career as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) in 2006, followed by appointments as a Recorder in 2009 and a Circuit Judge in 2011. She served as Resident Judge at Harrow Crown Court from 2017 before her appointment to Snaresbrook Crown Court in September 2022.

HHJ Dean is shown on the List of Circuit Judges published on the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary website.

Her Honour Judge Rosa Mary Dean London18-10-2011
List of Circuit Judges

Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean is shown on the Resident Judges list published on the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary website.

HHJ Dean attended Brighton & Hove High School from the age of 8 to 16 (1977 to 1985)

Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean is a Master of the Bench (commonly referred to as a Bencher) at Gray’s Inn. She was elected as a Master of the Bench at the Trinity 2015 Election.

As a senior member of the Inn, this role reflects her significant contributions to the legal profession and the governance of Gray’s Inn, which is one of the four Inns of Court in London.

Authorisation to sit as a High Court Judge

HHJ Dean may be authorised to sit as a High Court Judge by s9(1) of the Senior Courts Act as amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

According to CRIMINAL PRACTICE DIRECTIONS 2015 DIVISION XII Her Honour Judge Dean should be addressed as “My Lady” in court.

Modes of Address B.1 – The following judges, when sitting in court, should be addressed as ‘My Lord’ or ‘My Lady’

(b) any Circuit Judge sitting as a judge of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) or the High Court under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;
(d) any Senior Circuit Judge who is an Honorary Recorder.

Description B.3 – In cause lists, forms and orders members of the judiciary should be described as follows:

(a) Circuit Judges, as ‘His [or Her] Honour Judge A’. When the judge is sitting as a judge of the High Court under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, the words ‘sitting as a judge of the High Court’ should be added;

Diversity and Community Relations Judge (DCRJ)

Her Honour Judge Dean is listed as a Diversity and Community Relations Judge (DCRJ), a role that involves promoting diversity and community engagement in the judicial system.

HHJ Dean covers the area around Snaresbrook Crown Court. She has also supported diversity efforts, such as assisting with visits from Diversity and Community Relations Magistrates at Harrow Crown Court. Additionally, her participation in events like the London Law Collective, where she delivered a keynote speech, highlights her role in inspiring diversity in the legal profession.

Diversity and Community Relations Judges across England and Wales undertake a huge amount of community engagement in a voluntary capacity. They also seek to encourage legal professionals from under-represented groups to consider a judicial career.

Diversity and Community Relations Judges – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

The three key values which are central to the role of judicial office holders (JOHs) in England and Wales are:
• Independence
• Impartiality
• Integrity

“Publicity is the very soul of justice. . . . It keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial….Where there is no publicity there is no justice”

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