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  • 17/06/2022

    Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Slynn Lecture

    It is a great pleasure to be able to join you this evening for the 2022 Slynn memorial lecture to the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates. It is many years now since solicitors gained rights of audience in the higher courts. It happened in my relatively early days in practice. Looking back from the […]

  • 17/06/2022

    Practice Statement for the First-Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber): Witness Summonses and Orders to Produce Documents

    This Practice Statement has been made by the Chamber President to give guidance to the Tribunal and to Tribunal users on the practice adopted in relation to the issue of witness summonses and orders to produce documents in the Tax Chamber. INTRODUCTION 1. Rule 16 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009 […]

  • 15/06/2022

    The Public and Commercial Services Union & ors (claimant/appellant) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (defendant/respondent)

    Monday 13 June 2022 (10.00am) – Judgment not before 3.30pm Appeal against the order of Mr Justice Swift dated 10th June 2022 refusing relief to prevent individuals removal to Rwanda by way of a chartered flight on the 14th June 2022. View hearing: Part 1 Judgment

  • 15/06/2022

    First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) User Guide: June 2022

    The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is committed to ensuring access to fair hearings. The majority of hearings are listed for face to face hearings except where a remote or hybrid hearing is considered to be appropriate in the interests of justice. The Tribunal’s judiciary, staff, and users continue to build on their expertise […]

  • 13/06/2022

    Union of Shop, Distributive & Allied Workers (claimants/respondents) v Tesco Stores Ltd (defendant/appellant)

    Thursday 9 June 2022 Tesco appeals against the order made by Ellenbogen J dated 3.2.22 granting final injunction to the Claimants. The claim was a Part 8 claim brought by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, USDAW, and three Tesco employees who were members of USDAW. The claim concerned the proper construction of […]

  • 13/06/2022

    Mueen-Uddin (claimant/appellant) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (defendant/respondent)

    Thursday 9 – Friday 10 June 2022 The Claimant appeals against the order made by Sir Andrew Nicol dated 15/11/21 striking out the amended particulars of claim as an abuse of process, and entering judgment for the Defendant. The claim was brought over an allegation of guilt of crimes against humanity made by British Government […]

  • 12/06/2022

    Speech by the Master of the Rolls: CiARB Roebuck lecture

    The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, gave the CiARB Roebuck lecture on Wednesday (8 June 2022). He set out how an integrated digital justice system can be created using common ‘data standards’ governed by the Online Procedure Rule Committee. The lecture explains how this common and consistent approach to information will allow all […]

  • 09/06/2022

    Speech by Lord Justice Colin Birss: Online Dispute Resolution Forum

    The Rt Hon Lord Justice Colin Birss Deputy Head of Civil Justice Online Dispute Resolution Forum: Keynote speech Dublin and online Tuesday 3 May 2022   Introduction 1. I would like to start by thanking Amir Ali for inviting me to give this keynote speech at the 21st International ODR Forum. It is a real […]

  • 07/06/2022

    Specialist Civil Circuit Judge Appointment: Tindal

    The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon, has appointed His Honour Judge Tindal to be a Specialist Circuit Judge with effect from 5 September 2022. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the Midland Circuit, based at Birmingham Civil & Family Justice Centre. Background Information […]

  • 07/06/2022

    Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: Molyneux MBE

    Her Honour Judge Anne Molyneux MBE retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 6 June 2022. Background information  Her Honour Judge Molyneux MBE was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. She was appointed a Recorder in 2000, a Member of the Parole Board from 2003 to 2007 and a Circuit Judge in 2007. […]