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12/03/2022
Re: B (a child)
Wednesday 9 March 2022 This is an appeal against the decision of Recorder Sanghera, sitting in the Family Court to grant Care and Placement Orders. View hearing: Part 1 Part 2
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11/03/2022
International Women’s Day 2022: In Conversation with Sosan Yakrang
We were privileged to interview Sosan Yakrang, a former judge of Afghanistan. As a result of the occupation in August 2021, Sosan was forced to flee and since has found a new home in the United Kingdom. We asked Sosan to tell us about her journey into the judiciary and her plans for the future. […]
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11/03/2022
Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: McClure
Judge John Patrick McClure retired with effect from 8 March 2022. Background information Judge McClure (70) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1976. He was appointed as an Immigration Adjudicator in 2002 (appointed a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 2000). He was appointed a Designated Immigration Judge (now known as a Judge of the […]
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10/03/2022
Publication of the Judicial Wellbeing Survey results for 2021 and the Wellbeing Action Plan
Promoting judicial welfare remains a priority and is vital to the delivery of justice in our courts and tribunals. During the pandemic, the courts and tribunals judiciary worked tirelessly, showing great adaptability and responsiveness in challenging circumstances. In May 2021, following the publication of the first Judicial Health and Wellbeing Strategy, we launched a judicial […]
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10/03/2022
Speech by Lord Justice Birss at the UCL and Intellectual Property Awareness Network event
Lord Justice Colin Birss, Deputy Head of Civil Justice, gave the keynote speech at the University of College London and Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) event. In his speech, entitled ‘Can the IP system serve small businesses better?’, he said: “In its broadest sense intellectual property is doing its job most acutely when it is […]
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10/03/2022
A View from The President’s Chambers: March 2022
A View from The President’s Chambers: March 2022 Make Every Hearing Count (PDF, opens in a new tab) President’s Case Management Guidance March 2022 (PDF, opens in a new tab) Sir Andrew McFarlane The President’s Chambers 7th March 2022
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10/03/2022
District Judge Appointment: Johnston
The Queen has appointed Gillian Claire Johnston to be a District 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 Northern Circuit, based at […]
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09/03/2022
Rahaman & anr (appellants) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)
Tuesday 8 March 2022 Second appeal. Nationals of Bangladesh. Refusal of human rights claim based on Article 8 ECHR. The appellant arrived in September 2009 with leave as a student and made successive applications culminating in the present application in January 2019 for Indefinite Leave to Remain. The First Tier Tribunal allowed further submissions as […]
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09/03/2022
Crowter & ors (claimants/applicants) v The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (defendant/respondent)
Tuesday 8 March 2022 This is an application for permission to appeal the Order of Singh LJ and Lieven J (23/9/21) that dismissed the claim for judicial review. The Appellants sought a declaration of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 in respect of section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967. They […]
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09/03/2022
International Women’s Day 2022: In conversation with Mrs Justice Ayesha A. Malik
For International Women’s Day we had the privilege of speaking with Mrs Justice Ayesha A. Malik, noted to be the first woman to be sworn into the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In our interview the judge reflects on her career in the law, the importance of women in leadership roles and what International Women’s Day […]