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16/08/2022
District Bench Retirement: Ayers
District Judge Paul Robert Ayers retires from the District Bench with effect from 15 August 2022. Background information District Judge Ayers (70) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1976. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1992, a District Judge in 2000 and a Regional Costs Judge in 2013.
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16/08/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Robertson
The Queen has appointed Mary Robertson 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 […]
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16/08/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Gillespie
The Queen has appointed Jane Frances Gillespie 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 Midlands Circuit, based at […]
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13/08/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Godfrey
The Queen has appointed Timothy Andrew Ellinger Godfrey 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 South Eastern Circuit, […]
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13/08/2022
Re: B (children)
Thursday 4th August 2022 By an Appellant’s Notice filed at this Court on 30 June 2022, this is an appeal against the decision of Mr Geoffrey Kingscote QC, sitting in the High Court Family Division, dated 9 June 2022. The appellant mother, appeals the decision to order summary return of the children forthwith. The case […]
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12/08/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Flexman
The Queen has appointed Carla Ann Flexman 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 […]
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12/08/2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) Retirement: Hankey
Judge Michael Hankey retires with effect from 11 August 2022. Background information Judge Hankey (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1995. He was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 2001, a Deputy District Judge in 2006 and a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child […]
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11/08/2022
Re: S & anr (claimants & 1st defendant/respondents) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & ors (2nd & 3rd defendants/appellants)
Thursday 28th July 2022 – Judgment at 2:00pm on Friday 29th July 2022 The SSHD appeals the order of Lang J by which she: allowed the JR claim of “S” on ground 2 – the decision of the SSHD in the letter of 27 October 2021, refusing to accept S’s application for leave outside the […]
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11/08/2022
Appointment of New President of Welsh Tribunals
The Lord Chief Justice, following consultation with the First Minister of Wales and Lord Chancellor, has announced the appointment of a new President of Welsh Tribunals. Sir Gary Hickinbottom will be appointed for a period of four years, with effect from 1 April 2023, when he will succeed Sir Wyn Williams. Background: Sir Gary Robert […]
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11/08/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Davies
Her Honour Judge Lindsay Jane Davies retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 10 August 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Davies (70) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1975. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1998, a Recorder in 2000 and a Circuit Judge in 2012. She was appointed the […]