Monthly Archives: October 2021
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08/10/2021
Assistant Judge Advocate General Retirement: Judge Camp
Judge John Paul Camp retires as Assistant Judge Advocate General with effect from 7 October 2021. Background information Judge Camp (70) was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1974. He was appointed as a fee-paid Assistant Judge Advocate General in 1988 and a salaried Assistant Judge Advocate General in 1991. He was appointed a […]
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08/10/2021
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice on the 125th anniversary of the Commercial Court
Sir David [Wootton, Lord Mayor Locum Tenens], Minister, My Lords, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Chief Commoner, Ladies and Gentlemen. I have been reminded that I am the 17th Lord Chief Justice since the Commercial Court began in 1895; which means that, somehow, 80 of my predecessors managed without it. The causes of its foundation, whose 125th anniversary […]
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07/10/2021
Directions for general extension of time to comply with directions of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Background The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is party to numerous proceedings before the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) (the “Upper Tribunal”). The Upper Tribunal has been informed that the business unit of the Department for Work and Pensions known as the Decision Making and Appeals team (“DMA”) has experienced unexpected staff shortages […]
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07/10/2021
Appointment of a new Senior Coroner and four new Area Coroners
The Chief Coroner, His Honour Judge Thomas Teague QC, has welcomed the appointment of a new Senior Coroner and four new Area Coroners in England and Wales. They are: Cornwall Council, as the relevant authority, have appointed Andrew Cox as the senior coroner for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly coroner area. His appointment was […]
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06/10/2021
Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction
This Insolvency Practice Direction is intended to retain those parts of the previous Temporary Practice Direction that were not concerned with workable solutions for court users during the COVID-19 pandemic and which come to an end under SI at the end of September 2021. Those elements were concerned with permanent changes to the way insolvency […]
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06/10/2021
BBC interview – Afghan women judges
On Monday 4 October 2021 Mrs Justice McGowan spoke to Naga Munchetty about the position women judges in Afghanistan are currently in. A full transcript of the interview is available below. You can also listen to the interview until 1 November 2021 through BBC Sounds (link, opens in a new tab), the interview takes place 33:40 […]
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05/10/2021
Circuit Judge Appointment: Duddridge
The Queen has appointed Robert James Duddridge to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based […]
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02/10/2021
Jalla & anr (claimant/appellant) –v- Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Ltd & anr
Thursday 30th September 2021 Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow if permission granted the order of O’Farrell J made on 21/7/21 refusing the Claimants application for an extension of time to supplement their existing pleading and evidence with schedules setting out their case as to when all relevant accruals of damage occurred. There […]
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02/10/2021
Forest of Dean District Council (claimant/resp) –v- Wildin & ors (def/ appellant)
Tuesday 28th September 2021 This is an appeal against an order made by HHJ Jarman QC dated 25/6/21 when a six week committal order was made against him suspended for 12 months. He was ordered to remove construction works within 18 weeks of 25/6/21. The committal application was brought by the planning authority against Defendant 1, […]
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02/10/2021
Sir Charles Anthony Haddon-Cave, Senior Presiding Judge
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave was called to the Bar in 1978 (G) and called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1980. He specialised in shipping and aviation law and acted in a number of notable UK aviation and marine disaster cases such as Manchester Air Disaster, Herald of Free Enterprise, Braer Disaster, Kegworth Aircrash, Knight Air […]