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  • 19/11/2021

    Finch (on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (claimant/appellant) v Surrey County Council & others

    Tuesday 16th – Wednesday 17th November 2021 Appeal against the Order of Mrs Justice Holgate, sitting as a High Court Judge, dated 21 December 2020, refusing permission to apply for a judicial review of the Respondent’s decision dated 27 September 2019 to grant Horse Mill Development planning permission for the retention and extension of a well site […]

  • 19/11/2021

    Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd & others (claimant/appellant) v VISA Europe Ltd & others (defendants)

    Tuesday 16th – Wednesday 17th November 2021 Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd & others (claimant/appellant) v VISA Europe Ltd & others (defendants) The Claimants, Ideal Shopping Direct and others, appeal, with the permission of Morgan J, his order of 16 December 2020, whereby he ordered that the Claimants have not effected valid service of the proceedings on the […]

  • 19/11/2021

    Chelluri (claimant/appellant) –v- Air India Ltd (resp/defendant)

    Tuesday 16th November 2021 The Claimant (C) appeals the Order of HHJ Berkley, sitting in Winchester County Court on a Portsmouth County Court case, dated 27 January 2021, allowing the Defendant’s appeal against the decision of DDJ Sanderson dated 10 August 2020. Flight compensation delay claim pursuant to EU Regulation 261/2004 said to continue to apply […]

  • 19/11/2021

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Boyd

    The Queen has appointed Alexander Boyd to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) 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 Northern Circuit, based […]

  • 18/11/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Penelope Taylor

    The Queen has appointed Penelope Jane Taylor 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 Western Circuit, based at […]

  • 17/11/2021

    Civil Justice Council launches consultation on Pre-Action Protocols

    The Civil Justice Council has today published an Interim Report for consultation on the subject of pre-action protocols (PAPs). The consultation will close on Friday 24 December 2021 at 10am. The report considers what role PAPs should play in the civil justice system in the 2020s including their role in an increasingly digitalised justice system. […]

  • 16/11/2021

    Consultation on improvements to the judicial disciplinary system

    The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice are consulting on proposals for improvements to the judicial disciplinary system. The consultation document is available at: Judicial Disciplinary System: Public Consultation – GOV.UK (link, opens in a new tab) The consultation will close on 7 February 2022.

  • 15/11/2021

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Garland-Thomas

    Her Honour Judge Jane Garland-Thomas retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 14 November 2021. Background information  Her Honour Judge Garland-Thomas (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1999, a District Judge in 2001 and a Tutor Judge at the Judicial College in 2013. She […]

  • 12/11/2021

    HRH The Duchess of Sussex (claimant/respondent) –v- Associated Newspapers Ltd (defendant/appellant)

    Tuesday 9th – Thursday 11th November 2021 This is the Defendant’s appeal against the order of Lord Justice Warby (sitting as a High Court Judge) dated 22nd March 2021, A) granting summary judgement on (i) the claim for misuse of private information; (ii) the issues of subsistence and infringement of copyright; and all consequential orders; B) the […]

  • 12/11/2021

    Judicial Diversity and Inclusion – First Annual Update

    The Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy was published on 5 November 2020. Its overarching aim was to increase the personal and professional diversity of the judiciary at all levels over the next five years by increasing the number of well qualified applicants for judicial appointment from diverse personal and professional backgrounds and by supporting their […]