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12/02/2022
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Blackstone Lecture 2022
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has delivered the Blackstone Lecture 2022 at Pembroke College in Oxford. Lord Burnett of Maldon gave a speech entitled The hidden value of the Rule of Law and English Law. In his speech, he said: “My focus is the rule of law and English law, and their […]
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12/02/2022
Announcement for the Family Transparency Implementation Group (TIG)
The PFD is pleased to announce that the Financial Remedies Court Transparency Group, will become the fifth sub group of the TIG. This group will be chaired by HHJ Stuart Farquhar and will report to the main TIG. Full terms of reference and membership will be announced in due course. The scope of this group […]
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12/02/2022
Speech: The Inns of Court Alliance for Women launch event
Lady Justice Nicola Davies gave a speech at Gray’s Inn to mark the launch of the Inns of Court Alliance for Women. She said in her speech: “This is an alliance between the four Inns of Court to encourage and support women in the profession. The word ‘Alliance’ has been chosen to signify the institutional […]
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12/02/2022
Judge in Charge meets with Newcastle Circuit Commercial Court practitioners and users
Mrs Justice Cockerill, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, met practitioners and users on a visit to Newcastle Circuit Commercial Court. A lunch was hosted by HHJ Philip Kramer to meet users in the Moot Hall Grand Jury Room. Later in the day Mrs Justice Cockerill took part in a Q&A session with students […]
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10/02/2022
Appointment of a District Judge member to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee
Following an Expression of Interest (EoI) exercise, The Master of the Rolls has appointed DJ Paul Clarke as a District Judge member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) for 3 years commencing 1 February 2022. The CPRC is a non-departmental public body. It was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (CPA 1997) to […]
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08/02/2022
Queen’s Bench Division Guide 2022
The Queen’s Bench Division Guide 2022 has been published, replacing last year’s version. It’s the eighth edition of a guide to the working practices of the Queen’s Bench Division within the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Changes in the guide include: Interim and out of hours applications Urgent and Short Applications before the Masters […]
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08/02/2022
Upper Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber – anonymity guidance
The Upper Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber has issued its latest guidance on anonymity orders and hearings in private. Guidance Note 2022 No 2 has been issued under paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. It replaces Guidance Note 2013 No 1: Anonymity Orders. The guidance can be read […]
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08/02/2022
Appointment as a Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber: Citron
HM The Queen has appointed Zachary Joseph Citron to be a Judge of the Upper Tribunal on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned him to the Administrative Appeals Chamber with […]
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08/02/2022
Appointment as a Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber: Macmillan
HM The Queen has appointed Moira Elizabeth Jane Macmillan to be a Judge of the Upper Tribunal on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom. The Senior President of Tribunals has assigned her to the Administrative Appeals Chamber […]
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07/02/2022
Nursing & Midwifery Council (appellant) -v- Somerville (respondent)
Wednesday 2 February 2022 This is an appeal by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) against the order made by the Employment Appeals Tribunal dismissing the NMC’s appeal from the ET’s decision . The issue is whether the R, a barrister and a lay panel chair of the NWC’s fitness to practise commitee, was a […]