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02/11/2021
S9(4) Seminar – application seminar for legal professionals
The Judicial Appointments Commission are expected to launch a recruitment exercise early 2022. An online seminar is taking place via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 23 November 2021 via MS Teams at 5-6pm for those interested in applying for S9(4) appointment. This seminar is organised on behalf of the Judicial Diversity Committee to assist implementation of […]
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02/11/2021
District Bench Retirement: Barraclough
District Judge Robin Barraclough retires from the District Bench with effect from 1 November 2021. Background information District Judge Barraclough (64) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1982. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1998 and a District Judge in 2004. He was appointed a Regional Costs Judge in 2015.
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02/11/2021
Circuit Bench Retirement: Vincent
His Honour Judge Nicholas Denis Vincent retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 November 2021. Background information His Honour Judge Vincent (69) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1976. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 1988, a District Judge in 1992, a Recorder in 1998 and a Circuit Judge in 2001. […]
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02/11/2021
Circuit Bench Retirement: Wallwork
His Honour Judge Bernard Graham Frank Wallwork retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 November 2021. Background information His Honour Judge Wallwork (68) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1976. He was appointed a Recorder in 1997 and a Circuit Judge in 2006. He was authorised to sit as a deputy […]
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02/11/2021
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Retirement: Dodds
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Malcolm Douglas Dodds retires with effect from 1 November 2021. Background information District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Dodds (62) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1984. He was appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2012 and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in 2016.
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31/10/2021
Speech by the Master of the Rolls on Mediated interventions within the Court Dispute Resolution Process
1. It is a huge pleasure to be back in Dublin. If my memory serves me correctly, my last visit was to attend the Opening of the Legal Year on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, then Lord John Thomas, in 2017 or 2018, but I may easily have the year […]
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30/10/2021
Financial Remedy Proceedings Consultation
Mr Justice Mostyn and His Honour Judge Hess have launched a consultation on a proposal to introduce a Standard Reporting Permission Order to enhance the transparency of, and public confidence in, financial remedy proceedings in the Financial Remedies Court. Comments are invited on this proposal by 26 November 2021 and should be sent to HMCTSFinancialRemedy@justice.gov.uk
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30/10/2021
District Judge Appointment: Harris
The Queen has appointed David Andrew Wallace Harris 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 Wales Circuit, based […]
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30/10/2021
District Judge Appointment: Wales
The Queen has appointed Matthew James Wales 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 Western Circuit, based at […]
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29/10/2021
Transparency in the Family Courts Report
The present system in the Family Courts whereby a journalist may attend any hearing but may not always report what they observe, is not sustainable. I have reached the conclusion that there needs to be a major shift in culture and process to increase the transparency in a number of respects. The conclusions that I […]