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23/02/2022
Solicitors Regulation Authority (claimant/respondent) -v- Khan (defendant/appellant) & ors
Thursday 17 February 2022 Solicitors Regulation Authority (claimant/respondent) -v- Khan (defendant/appellant) & ors This is a committal appeal. The appellant, Soophia Khan, appeals the order of Leech J dated 12 January 2022, whereby he ordered that she be committed to prison for six months for two contempts (to run concurrently) with a fixed term of […]
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23/02/2022
Counsel General for Wales -v- Secretary of State for Business
Wednesday 16 February 2022 at 10.00am Hearing in respect of breach of hand-down Judgment embargo. View hearing View Judgment
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22/02/2022
Family Justice Council: applications invited from Family Silks and Magistrates
CAN YOU HELP TO DELIVER BETTER JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES? APPLICATIONS INVITED FROM FAMILY SILKS AND MAGISTRATES The Family Justice Council is an inter-disciplinary body whose members are drawn from a cross section of those who work, use or have an interest in the family justice system. They include judges, lawyers, doctors, social workers, academics […]
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20/02/2022
Circuit Bench Retirement: Ferris
His Honour Judge Jonathan Moreton Ferris retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 19 February 2022. Background Information His Honour Judge Ferris (66) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1979. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1996, a Recorder in 2000, a part-time Chairman of the Employment Tribunal in 2001 and […]
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20/02/2022
Employment Judge Retirement: Hyde
Employment Judge Christiana Hyde retires with effect from 19 February 2022. Background information Employment Judge Hyde (63) was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1982. She was appointed an Employment Judge in 1998.
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19/02/2022
Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: Standard orders
Standard Orders I make this announcement with the authority of the President. The working party under the leadership of HHJ Moradifar considering the Standard Family Orders Volume 2 (Children and Other Orders) has at my request undertaken a preliminary review of all Volume 2 orders to identify those orders which require urgent, immediate, update and […]
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19/02/2022
Community, fairness and being a magistrate
Jingi Odiachi is a magistrate based in South London, who primarily sits on criminal cases. Her parents were born in Nigeria and came to the UK in the early 1960s – her mother was a caterer and her father a lecturer of science. She is the youngest of five children and grew up in South […]
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18/02/2022
Appointment of the President Of The Employment Appeal Tribunal: Eady
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon, has appointed The Honourable Mrs Justice Eady to be President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She took up post on 1 February 2022 and succeeds The Honourable Mr Justice Choudhury who stood down from the role on 31 December […]
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17/02/2022
Guidance from the President of the First-tier Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber: witnesses giving evidence from abroad
President of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Judge Michael Clements, has issued guidance on witnesses giving evidence from abroad. The Presidential Guidance Note No 1 of 2022 can be read in detail below.
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15/02/2022
Message from the Lord Chief Justice – Remote Attendance by Advocates in the Crown Court
The pandemic has seen the increased use of technology to facilitate remote attendance at hearings, and contains valuable lessons as to the relative advantages and limitations of remote attendance as compared with in-person attendance. Judges have had to balance a large number of competing considerations when deciding whether attendance should be in-person or remote, often […]