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15/01/2022
Rea -v- Rea & ors
Thursday 13 January 2022 This is a second appeal. The Defendants appeal the order of Johnson J dated 14 April 2021, whereby he dismissed their appeal and made consequential costs orders. This was an appeal against the decision of Deputy Master Arkush on a probate claim made by Rita Rea, who wished to establish the […]
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14/01/2022
Upper Tribunal Immigration And Asylum Chamber: Guidance Note On Ce-file And Electronic Bundles
INTRODUCTION 1. This note contains guidance (issued under paragraph 7 of schedule 4 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) for users of the Upper Tribunal (IAC) on two separate but related matters. The first part concerns the introduction of electronic filing via the CE-file system. The second concerns the filing of bundles by […]
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13/01/2022
Notice from the Financial Remedies Court
Notice from Mr Justice Mostyn His Honour Judge Hess We issue this Notice with the authority of the President. In its report The Financial Remedies Court – The Way Forward (September 2021) (opens in a new link), the Farquhar Committee made an important recommendation at paras 4.14 and 4.15. It proposed that either the existing FRC […]
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13/01/2022
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Sims
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Sonia Lisa Sims retired with effect from 9 January 2022. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Sims (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1987. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 1998 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2002.
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12/01/2022
Practice Statement: Appointment of Managers under Section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Please find below a practice statement from the Property Chamber on the tribunal’s consideration of who to appoint as a manager. The purpose of the statement is to give leaseholders, prospective Managers, and landlords, an indication of the Tribunal’s expectations of a proposed Manager when deciding whether to make an order under section 24 of […]
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12/01/2022
Lead Judge for Private Family Law
The President of the Family Division is pleased to announce that Mrs Justice Knowles has been appointed to the role of Lead Judge for Private Family Law, with effect from 1 January 2022. She replaces Mr Justice Cobb following his recent appointment as the Lead Reform Judge. The President is grateful to Mr Justice Cobb […]
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07/01/2022
Transparency in the Family Courts
The Transparency Implementation Group, chaired by the President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane, held its first meeting on 15 December 2021. The minutes can be read below.
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06/01/2022
New deadline: EOI for the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey
Update: The closing date has been extended to Sunday 30 January 2022. The Bailiff of Jersey, Mr Timothy Le Cocq, is seeking expressions of interest to fill a vacancy at the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. Judges who hold an authorisation under s9(1), or an appointment under s9(4), of the Senior Courts Act […]
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05/01/2022
Speech by Dame Victoria Sharp DBE: The Challenges and Opportunities Created by Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases
Dame Victoria Sharp DBE, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, has given a speech to the National Criminal Justice Conference. Her speech, delivered at the end of 2021, was entitled The Challenges and Opportunities Created by Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases. She said in her speech: “The unprecedented level of technological innovation over the […]
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05/01/2022
Circuit Judge Appointment: Loram QC
The Queen has appointed Mary Caroline Loram QC to be a Circuit 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 South Eastern Circuit, […]