Alison Raeside
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Alison Raeside is an English family court judge.
Life
[edit]She was called to the Bar in 1982 and practiced civil law in London. She became a district judge in 2000.[1] In 2005, she became the first full-time member of the English judiciary to take maternity leave when she gave birth to her son. At the time, she also had three other children, aged 16, 14 and 11.[2]
She was appointed a circuit judge in 2011, specialising in family law. She was the designated family judge for Surrey from 2019 until 2024, where she still hears cases[update].[1] In 2019, a father who sent Raeside a number of threatening messages over 9 months was jailed for a year.[3][4]
She was a tutor for the judicial college for over 10 years and served two terms on the Family Procedure Rules Committee.[1]
Sharif case
[edit]In 2023, 10-year-old Sara Sharif was murdered by her father and stepmother. In 2025, following an appeal of a anonymity order placed on British media outlets by Mr Justice Williams, the judges involved in her family court hearings were named; Sir Geoffrey Vos said that Williams was wrong to place such an order in this case.[5] The judges involved in Sharif's case included HHJ Raeside, who presided over most of the hearings since 2013, when Sharif was born and made subject of a child protection plan. Other judges involved in Sharif's cases included HHJ Peter Nathan and HHJ Sally Williams. Despite prior allegations against Sara's father and stepmother, HHJ Raeside placed Sara back in her father's care in 2019, based on a report from an inexperienced social worker suggesting he was not a threat.[6][7][8][9]
References
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This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Her Honour Judge Alison Raeside". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Brief encounters". The Telegraph. 1 December 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ Kirk, Tristan (7 August 2019). "Father jailed for stalking judge who banned him from seeing his children". The Standard. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Father jailed for stalking family judge". The Telegraph. 8 August 2019. p. 10.
- ^ Sinmaz, Emine (24 January 2025). "Judges who presided over Sara Sharif hearings to be named after appeal". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Bolton, Will (31 January 2025). "Judge who gave Sara Sharif back to abusive father was criticised over previous conduct". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Ellery, Ben; Ames, Jonathan (31 January 2025). "Sara Sharif judge is named as Alison Raeside after appeal". The Times. Archived from the original on 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Sinmaz, Emine (31 January 2025). "Judge who returned Sara Sharif to care of murderer father can be named". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Sandford, Daniel; Wilkinson, Helena (31 January 2025). "Sara Sharif family court judges named after appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
