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  • 21/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Sadiq

    The Queen has appointed Tariq Mahmoud Sadiq 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 North Eastern Circuit, based […]

  • 21/09/2021

    Appointment of a High Court Judge: Cotter QC

    The Queen is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 1 October 2021.  It is anticipated that further appointments will be announced in the coming months. The candidate approved as a High Court Judge is His Honour Judge Barry Cotter QC. This appointment will […]

  • 20/09/2021

    Arshdeep (claimant/respondent) –v- Buttar Contsruction Ltd (4th defendant/appellant)

    Thursday 16th September 2021 The Fourth Defendant (D4) appeals the order of HHJ Bird QC dated 10 June 2021 sitting as a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division,  by which he ordered both D2 and D4 to make interim payments of 150,000 pounds and for both D2 and D4 to each pay 10,000 pounds […]

  • 18/09/2021

    Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

    It was back in July 2018 that I addressed a similar gathering at a conference entitled ‘Innovating International Business Courts: A European Outlook’. My talk was under the heading, ‘ A view from the Business and Property Courts in London’. I well recall the stormy reaction that I managed unwittingly to generate. I am, therefore, […]

  • 18/09/2021

    District Bench Retirement: Bellamy

    District Judge Peter Gordon Bellamy retires from the District Bench with effect from 18 September 2021.  Background information  District Judge Bellamy (67) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1978. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1989 and a District Judge in 2005.

  • 17/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Skellorn QC

    The Queen has appointed Kathryn Mair Skellorn 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 Midland Circuit, based […]

  • 17/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: McCabe

    The Queen has appointed Louise Anne McCabe 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 Midland Circuit, based at […]

  • 17/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: O’Neill

    The Queen has appointed Louise O’Neill 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, based at […]

  • 17/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Powell

    The Queen has appointed Richard Arthur Gayler Powell 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 North Eastern Circuit, […]

  • 17/09/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Miller

    The Queen has appointed Richard Miller 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 North Eastern Circuit, based at […]