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  • 02/12/2021

    District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Appointment: Daley

    The Queen has appointed Mark Daley to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) 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 North Eastern Circuit, […]

  • 01/12/2021

    Commercial Court User Group Meeting – November 2021

    The Judges of the Commercial Court recently met with users to provide updates and answer questions on the Court’s business. Topics covered included lead times and listing matters, the forthcoming updated Commercial Court Guide, and the approach to urgent hearings, as well as statistics, and updates on the Disclosure Pilot and the COVID-19 business interruption […]

  • 30/11/2021

    General guidance on electronic court bundles

    This general guidance is intended to ensure a level of consistency in the provision of electronic bundles (“e-bundles”) for court hearings (but not tribunal hearings) in a format that promotes the efficient preparation for, and management of, a hearing. It is subject to any specific guidance by particular courts or directions given for individual cases. […]

  • 30/11/2021

    Circuit Bench Retirement: Farrell QC

    His Honour Judge David Anthony Farrell QC retired as a Circuit Judge with effect from 27 November 2021. Background information  His Honour Judge Farrell QC (65) was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1978, took Silk in 2000 and elected a Bencher in 2017. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1996, a Recorder […]

  • 29/11/2021

    New Deputy Senior Presiding Judge appointed

    The Lord Chief Justice has appointed Lord Justice Edis as Deputy Senior Presiding Judge of England and Wales, with immediate effect. The appointment runs until 30 September 2023. He will bring to bear his unrivalled experience of the criminal courts and build on his work last year in chairing the group which kept Crown Court […]

  • 28/11/2021

    Global 100 Ltd (claimant/appellant) –v- Kyselakova & ors (defendant/respondent)

    Thursday 25th November 2021 The Claimant (C) seeks permission to appeal (with appeal to follow if permission granted) HHJ Luba QC’s order dated 25 August 2021, hearing only from C and the Sixth Defendant (Maria Laleva) (D6) inter alia allowing  D6’s appeal only on ground 2 (b) (he dismissed the appeal on grounds 1, 2(a) 2 […]

  • 28/11/2021

    ZS (Bangladesh) (appellant) –v- The Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)

    Thursday 25th November 2021 Second appeal. Refusal of Leave To Remain as Tier 1 Entrepreneur. She had entered as a student in 2009 and then  sought the latter further leave. Leave was refused under paragraph  322(1A) on the basis that  she had submitted false bank  documents. The First Tier Tribunal allowed the appeal. The SSHD reconsidered […]

  • 28/11/2021

    The Good Law Project (claimant/respondent) –v- Minister for the Cabinet Office & anr (defendant/appellant)

    Thursday 25th November 2021 The Minister for the Cabinet Office (D) appeals against the order made by O’Farrell J dated 29/6/21 declaring that the D’s decision of 5/6/20 to award a contract to Public First Limited gave rise to apparent bias and was unlawful on that basis. The case arises out of the D’s  direct award […]

  • 28/11/2021

    Administrative Court – London Document Upload Centre

    The Administrative Court London has introduced a dedicated Document Upload Centre (DUC) email address: DUC@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk Please note that this email address is not to be used for any Administrative Court cases outside of London. In those cases please direct all queries to the relevant regional office. This email address should be used by Professional Court […]

  • 28/11/2021

    Kireeva –v- Bedzhamov & ors

    Wednesday 24th – Thursday 25th November 2021 Appeal 1 – The Applicant (here and below), Lyubov Andreevna Kireeva, challenges Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the order of Mr Justice Snowden dated 25 August 2021. Mr Justice Snowden granted permission to appeal these two paragraphs in his order. The Applicant is the Trustee and Bankruptcy Manager in Russia […]