Announcements
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19/02/2022
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: Standard orders
Standard Orders I make this announcement with the authority of the President. The working party under the leadership of HHJ Moradifar considering the Standard Family Orders Volume 2 (Children and Other Orders) has at my request undertaken a preliminary review of all Volume 2 orders to identify those orders which require urgent, immediate, update and […]
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18/02/2022
Appointment of the President Of The Employment Appeal Tribunal: Eady
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon, has appointed The Honourable Mrs Justice Eady to be President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She took up post on 1 February 2022 and succeeds The Honourable Mr Justice Choudhury who stood down from the role on 31 December […]
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17/02/2022
Guidance from the President of the First-tier Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber: witnesses giving evidence from abroad
President of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Judge Michael Clements, has issued guidance on witnesses giving evidence from abroad. The Presidential Guidance Note No 1 of 2022 can be read in detail below.
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15/02/2022
Message from the Lord Chief Justice – Remote Attendance by Advocates in the Crown Court
The pandemic has seen the increased use of technology to facilitate remote attendance at hearings, and contains valuable lessons as to the relative advantages and limitations of remote attendance as compared with in-person attendance. Judges have had to balance a large number of competing considerations when deciding whether attendance should be in-person or remote, often […]
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12/02/2022
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Blackstone Lecture 2022
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has delivered the Blackstone Lecture 2022 at Pembroke College in Oxford. Lord Burnett of Maldon gave a speech entitled The hidden value of the Rule of Law and English Law. In his speech, he said: “My focus is the rule of law and English law, and their […]
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12/02/2022
Announcement for the Family Transparency Implementation Group (TIG)
The PFD is pleased to announce that the Financial Remedies Court Transparency Group, will become the fifth sub group of the TIG. This group will be chaired by HHJ Stuart Farquhar and will report to the main TIG. Full terms of reference and membership will be announced in due course. The scope of this group […]
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12/02/2022
Judge in Charge meets with Newcastle Circuit Commercial Court practitioners and users
Mrs Justice Cockerill, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, met practitioners and users on a visit to Newcastle Circuit Commercial Court. A lunch was hosted by HHJ Philip Kramer to meet users in the Moot Hall Grand Jury Room. Later in the day Mrs Justice Cockerill took part in a Q&A session with students […]
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12/02/2022
Speech: The Inns of Court Alliance for Women launch event
Lady Justice Nicola Davies gave a speech at Gray’s Inn to mark the launch of the Inns of Court Alliance for Women. She said in her speech: “This is an alliance between the four Inns of Court to encourage and support women in the profession. The word ‘Alliance’ has been chosen to signify the institutional […]
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10/02/2022
Appointment of a District Judge member to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee
Following an Expression of Interest (EoI) exercise, The Master of the Rolls has appointed DJ Paul Clarke as a District Judge member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) for 3 years commencing 1 February 2022. The CPRC is a non-departmental public body. It was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (CPA 1997) to […]
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08/02/2022
Appointment as a Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber: Macmillan
HM The Queen has appointed Moira Elizabeth Jane Macmillan to be a Judge of the Upper Tribunal on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned her to the Administrative Appeals Chamber […]