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  • 03/08/2022

    High Court availability this summer

    Please read the attached document to find out more about the High Court’s availability in August and September, before the new legal term starts in October 2022. Please note: The term dates for the legal year apply to sittings in the High Court and Court of Appeal only.

  • 02/08/2022

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Redmond

    The Queen has appointed Jack Warren Redmond 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 Midlands Circuit, based at […]

  • 31/07/2022

    Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Dickinson QC

    His Honour Judge Gregory David Mark Dickinson QC retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 30 July 2022. Background information  His Honour Judge Dickinson QC (62) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1981, took Silk in 2002 and was elected a Bencher in 2008. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in […]

  • 31/07/2022

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Bacon QC

    Her Honour Judge Maureen Ann Bacon QC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 July 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Bacon QC (68) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1984 and took Silk in 2009. She was appointed a Recorder in 2002, a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education […]

  • 31/07/2022

    Students attend a special School’s Question Time in honour of Dr Ivy Williams

    In celebration of the centenary of Dr Ivy Williams, the first woman to be called to the Bar of England and Wales, the Judicial Office hosted a Question Time event with a panel of four women judges at the Royal Courts of Justice in May.   As part of the Judicial Office’s work on diversity […]

  • 31/07/2022

    Tribunals International Board

    Following a recent Expression of Interest, Employment Tribunal (E&W) President Barry Clarke and Upper Tribunal Judge Declan O’Callaghan have been appointed to the Tribunals International Board with immediate effect. This new Board will be chaired by Upper Tribunal Judge Judith Gleeson, the Senior President of Tribunals’ lead on International Activity, who reports regularly to the […]

  • 31/07/2022

    The Chancery Guide 2022

    The 2022 edition of the Chancery Guide is published and comes into force today. The Practice Note of the Chancellor of the High Court, also published today, gives effect to the Guide. Apart from the Practice Notes and Directions listed in the Schedule attached to that Practice Note, all other Chancery Division Practice Notes and […]

  • 30/07/2022

    PSV 1982 Ltd (claimant/respondent) v Langdon (defendant/appellant)

    Wednesday 27th July 2022 By Appellant’s Notice filed on 29 October 2021, the defendant below (“D”) appeals the Order of Mr Robin Vos, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court (Chancery Division) dated 29 October 2021.  By the 29 October Order, it was declared that D is personally liable under s.217 of the […]

  • 30/07/2022

    Re: X (children)

    Tuesday 26th July 2022 Appeal 1: The father appeals an order made by Sir Jonathan Cohen on 13 May 2022, by which the judge, at a first directions hearing, summarily dismissed three applications that the father had made: (i) for a stay of a previous order made by Sir Jonathan dated 28 April 2022 by […]

  • 30/07/2022

    Soleymani (appellant) v Nifty Gateway LLC (respondent)

    Wednesday 27th – Thursday 28th July 2022 By Appellant’s Notice filed on 12 April 2022, the Claimant appeals the Order of Clare Ambrose QC dated 24 March 2022 in which she dismissed the Claimant’s Clause 17 claim for lack of jurisdiction; stayed the proceedings pursuant to s9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and ordered costs. […]