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  • 24/11/2021

    The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) – Recorder Application Seminar

    Recorder Application Seminar The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in early 2022. This exercise will aim to recruit fee-paid Recorders. The seminar This seminar is organised on behalf of the Judicial Diversity Committee to assist implementation of the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (link opens in new tab). The seminar […]

  • 24/11/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Kainth

    The Queen has appointed Sandeep Kainth 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 him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]

  • 24/11/2021

    Message from Mr Justice Mostyn: amendments to standard orders

    Standard Orders: Non-molestation order Order No. 10.1 (Non-molestation order) is amended to include in para 1 the respondent’s date of birth, the omission of which has caused occasional identification problems and unnecessary automated alerts from the Police National Database. The application form FL401 requires the applicant to provide the respondent’s date of birth. The amended […]

  • 23/11/2021

    Statute Law Society: 2021 Annual Lord Renton Lecture – Lady Arden

    The Annual Lord Renton Lecture is back for 2021 Given by: The Right Hon Lady Arden of Heswall DBE “What makes good statute law: a judge’s view” DATE: 25 November 2021, 6-7pm VENUE: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG View Map (external link, opens in new tab) or attend online, […]

  • 23/11/2021

    A conversation with Tribunal Judge Samina Majid

      Tribunal Judge Samina Majid spoke a little to us about her journey into the judiciary…   Can you introduce yourself? I am tribunal judge Samina Majid. I am appointed to the First-tier Tribunal in the Northwest and hear cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber. I still practise as a solicitor in both civil and […]

  • 23/11/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Spinks

    The Queen has appointed Roderick Cameron Spinks 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 him to the South Eastern Circuit, based […]

  • 22/11/2021

    Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice Launcelot Henderson

    Lord Justice Launcelot Henderson retires as a Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from 21 November 2021.  Background Information Sir Launcelot (Dinadan James) Henderson (70) was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1977, took Silk in 1995 and was elected a Bencher in 2004. He was Standing Junior Counsel to the Inland Revenue from […]

  • 20/11/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Rowley

    The Queen has appointed Lesley Lenora Jane Rowley 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, […]

  • 20/11/2021

    Circuit Judge Appointment: Watkins

    The Queen has appointed Myles Kenneth George Watkins 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 him to the Midland Circuit, based […]

  • 20/11/2021

    District Judge Appointment: Saunders

    The Queen has appointed Jamie Christopher Saunders 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 him to the Midland Circuit, based at […]