The King has appointed Howard Daley, a district judge and Recorder, as a Master of the King’s Bench Division, assigned to the division from 7 December 2026, the judiciary said.
The appointment was made on the advice of the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, who assigned him to the division.
Daley was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1997, the judiciary said.
He was appointed a Deputy District Judge and a fee-paid judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber, in 2019.
He became a District Judge in 2021 and a Recorder in 2022.
His district judge appointment was made on the advice of the then Lord Chancellor, Dominic Raab, and the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon.
The Lord Chief Justice deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Wandsworth County Court, with effect from 6 December 2021.
Separately, Master Roger Eastman retires as a Master of the High Court, King’s Bench Division, with effect from 31 October.
Eastman was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1978 and elected a Bencher in 2001. He was appointed a Deputy King’s (formerly Queen’s) Bench Master and a Deputy District Judge in 2003, and a Master of the High Court in 2009.
Lindsey Bartling is also appointed a Master of the King’s Bench Division, assigned with effect from 7 December 2026, the same date as Daley.
Bartling was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2006 and was appointed a District Judge in 2026.
Earlier in the year, Irena Sabic KC was assigned to the division as a Master with effect from 26 January.
Sabic was called to the Bar in 2002, and in 2023 was appointed King’s Counsel and a Deputy Master of the High Court, King’s Bench Division.