High Court Appointment
The Queen is pleased to approve the appointment of a Justice of the High Court. This appointment will take effect from 6 October 2020. It is anticipated that further announcements will be made. The candidate ...
Announcements
Launch of the Black Country Family, Drug and Alcohol Court
Find out more about the 10th FDAC to be opened in the UK
Opening of the Legal Year online seminar: comparative perspectives of international commercial courts
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Circuit Bench Retirement: Ross
His Honour Judge Peter Michael Ross retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 26 September 2020. Background information His Honour Judge Ross (65) was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980 and called to the ...
Latest court site listed to hear jury trials
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Swansea’s Nightingale court
His Honour Judge Geraint Walters shares his experience of presiding over jury trials at the new Nightingale court in Swansea.
Update on the operation of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (“Disclosure Pilot”)
DISCLOSURE WORKING GROUP (“DWG”) Professor Rachael Mulheron[1] was kind enough to take on the task of reviewing the Disclosure Pilot in PD51U which took effect on 1 January 2019. This has involved a huge amount ...
Circuit Judge Appointment: Barlow
The Queen has appointed Melissa Emma Benson Barlow to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and ...
Retirement of The Right Honourable Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals
The Right Honourable Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder retires as the Senior President of Tribunals and Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from 19 September 2020. Background information The Rt. Hon Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder (62) ...
Latest court sites listed to resume jury trials
Find out which are the latest courts to restart trials