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  • 04/05/2022

    The Khan Partnership LLP & anr (claimants/respondents) v Al-Shanfari & anr (defendants/appellants)

    Thursday 28 April 2022 Application by the respondents for security for costs. View hearing

  • 04/05/2022

    Lock (claimant/appellant) v Stanley & anr (defendants/respondents)

    Thursday 28 April 2022 Adele Lock (“C”) appeals against paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Order of HHJ Halliwell (High Court, Chancery Division), 5 November 2021 by which he dismissed C’s Application for an order under s.168(5) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Factual background: this Appeal arises out of an application (the “Application”) by C […]

  • 04/05/2022

    SR (Sri Lanka) (appellant) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)

    Thursday 28 April 2022 Appeal against the decision of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber dated 2 June 2021. National of Sri Lanka. Refusal of asylum. Risk as detained from 2009 to 2013 as thought to be a member of the LTTE or a collaborator who had acted for them as a driver. Further […]

  • 03/05/2022

    District Bench Retirement: Wright

    District Judge Martin Andrew Wright retired from the District Bench with effect from 1 May 2022.  Background information  District Judge Wright (69) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1978 and called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 2004. He was appointed a Lawyer Chairman of the Rent Assessment Panel in 1997, a Deputy District Judge […]

  • 03/05/2022

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Brown

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Martin Brown retired with effect from 30 April 2022. Background information  District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Brown (63) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982. He was appointed as an Acting Provincial Stipendiary Magistrate in 1999 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2005. He was Director of the Youth Court Course […]

  • 03/05/2022

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Nicholls

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Stephen John Nicholls retired with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information  District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Nicholls (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1981. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2000, as Assistant Coroner for Dorset in 2009 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in […]

  • 03/05/2022

    Employment Judge Retirement: Christensen

    Employment Judge Christa Marie Christensen retired with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information  Employment Judge Christensen (62) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1984. She was appointed a part-time Chairman of Employment Tribunals in 1995 and a Salaried Employment Judge in 2003. She was appointed Director of Training for Tribunals at the Judicial College […]

  • 03/05/2022

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Mellanby

    Her Honour Judge Carolyn Ann Fitzherbert Mellanby retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 May 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Mellanby (70) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1975 and admitted as a Solicitor in 1990. She was appointed as a Magistrate (Seychelles) in 1982, an Acting Stipendiary Magistrate in […]

  • 03/05/2022

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Crabtree OBE

    His Honour Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree OBE retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 April 2022. Background information His Honour Judge Crabtree OBE (66) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1985. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2003, a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2005, a Recorder […]

  • 03/05/2022

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Cahill QC

    Her Honour Judge Sally Elizabeth Mary Cahill QC retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 30 April 2022. Background information Her Honour Judge Cahill QC (66) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1978 and took Silk in 2003. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1997, a Recorder in 2000 and a […]