Announcements
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03/05/2022
Employment Judge Retirement: Christensen
Employment Judge Christa Marie Christensen retired with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information Employment Judge Christensen (62) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1984. She was appointed a part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals in 1995 and a Salaried Employment Judge in 2003. She was appointed Director of Training for Tribunals at the Judicial College […]
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03/05/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Mellanby
Her Honour Judge Carolyn Ann Fitzherbert Mellanby retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Mellanby (70) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1975 and admitted as a Solicitor in 1990. She was appointed as a Magistrate (Seychelles) in 1982, an Acting Stipendiary Magistrate in […]
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03/05/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Crabtree OBE
His Honour Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree OBE retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 April 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Crabtree OBE (66) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1985. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003, a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2005, a Recorder […]
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03/05/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Cahill QC
Her Honour Judge Sally Elizabeth Mary Cahill QC retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 April 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Cahill QC (66) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1978 and took Silk in 2003. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1997, a Recorder in 2000 and a […]
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03/05/2022
Updated Practice Statement from the SPT: Delegation of functions to legal officers in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber)
1. The Senior President of Tribunals hereby authorises members of staff appointed under section 40(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 or section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003 and designated as ‘Legal Officers’ by the Chamber President to carry out the following functions of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier […]
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29/04/2022
Recruitment for the High Court Judicial Assistants (JA) scheme
The High Court of England and Wales has launched the recruitment round for the 2022/23 intake of the Judicial Assistants (JA) scheme. The role of JA offers those in the early years of their professional practice a ringside view of the trial process and first instance decision-making from the perspective of the judge, for the […]
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29/04/2022
Practice Note: Chancery Division Applications Court
With effect from 9 May 2022, the default position for applications in the Chancery Division Applications Court only will be that they are heard in person in Court 10, the Rolls Building unless, in the discretion of the judge, a remote or hybrid hearing is considered appropriate. All other applications, hearings or trials in the […]
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28/04/2022
Appointment as Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal, General Regulatory Chamber: O’Connor
Judge Mark O’Connor has been appointed as Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal, General Regulatory Chamber, by the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom with effect from 27 April 2022. Notes to editor Mark O’Connor, aged 50, will be known as Judge O’Connor. He was called to the Bar (I) in […]
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27/04/2022
Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
The Master of the Rolls delivered the Annual Masters Lecture to the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators. His lecture was titled Mediation and Dispute Resolution. His speech can be read in full below.
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27/04/2022
Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the British and Irish Commercial Bar Association
The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, spoke in Manchester to the British and Irish Commercial Bar Association about the need for judges and lawyers to work together to change the current civil dispute resolution process and to give meaning to the overriding objective. His speech can be read in full below.