Announcements
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17/01/2022
Civil Justice Council’s 10th National Forum on Access to Justice for those without means
The Civil Justice Council’s (CJC) 10th National Forum on Access to Justice for those without means took place in central London. For the first time, the Forum was livestreamed. The event was attended either in person or online by more than 300 delegates, including members of the CJC, judiciary, legal professionals, civil servants, academics, charities, […]
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14/01/2022
Upper Tribunal Immigration And Asylum Chamber: Guidance Note On Ce-file And Electronic Bundles
INTRODUCTION 1. This note contains guidance (issued under paragraph 7 of schedule 4 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) for users of the Upper Tribunal (IAC) on two separate but related matters. The first part concerns the introduction of electronic filing via the CE-file system. The second concerns the filing of bundles by […]
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13/01/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Sims
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Sonia Lisa Sims retired with effect from 9 January 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Sims (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1987. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 1998 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2002.
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13/01/2022
Notice from the Financial Remedies Court
Notice from Mr Justice Mostyn His Honour Judge Hess We issue this Notice with the authority of the President. In its report The Financial Remedies Court – The Way Forward (September 2021) (opens in a new link), the Farquhar Committee made an important recommendation at paras 4.14 and 4.15. It proposed that either the existing FRC […]
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12/01/2022
Lead Judge for Private Family Law
The President of the Family Division is pleased to announce that Mrs Justice Knowles has been appointed to the role of Lead Judge for Private Family Law, with effect from 1 January 2022. She replaces Mr Justice Cobb following his recent appointment as the Lead Reform Judge. The President is grateful to Mr Justice Cobb […]
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06/01/2022
New deadline: EOI for the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey
Update: The closing date has been extended to Sunday 30 January 2022. The Bailiff of Jersey, Mr Timothy Le Cocq, is seeking expressions of interest to fill a vacancy at the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. Judges who hold an authorisation under s9(1), or an appointment under s9(4), of the Senior Courts Act […]
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05/01/2022
Speech by Dame Victoria Sharp DBE: The Challenges and Opportunities Created by Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases
Dame Victoria Sharp DBE, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, has given a speech to the National Criminal Justice Conference. Her speech, delivered at the end of 2021, was entitled The Challenges and Opportunities Created by Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases. She said in her speech: “The unprecedented level of technological innovation over the […]
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05/01/2022
Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) Retirement: Levenson
Upper Tribunal Judge Howard Levenson retires with effect from 4 January 2022. Background information Upper Tribunal Judge Levenson (72) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1974. He was appointed a part-time Chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals in 1986 and a full-time Chairman of Social Security Appeal Tribunals in 1993. He was appointed a Deputy […]
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05/01/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Loram QC
The Queen has appointed Mary Caroline Loram QC 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 her to the South Eastern Circuit, […]
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04/01/2022
The New Year Honours List for 2022
Tanweer Ikram, Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) A District Judge and five magistrates are among those judicial office holders to have been honoured in the New Year Honours List 2022. Tanweer Ikram, Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate), was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to judicial […]