Business and Property Courts
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September 22, 2026
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Stanley KC
The Lady Chief Justice is delighted to welcome the appointment by His Majesty the King of Paul Stanley KC to the High Court. Mr Justice Stanley will be assigned to the Business and Property Division where he will bring over 32 years of experience as a barrister, and over three years of judicial experience as […]
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September 22, 2026
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Twigger KC
The Lady Chief Justice is delighted to welcome the appointment by His Majesty the King of Andrew Twigger KC to the High Court. Mr Justice Twigger will be assigned to the Business and Property Division where he will bring over 32 years of experience as a barrister, and three years of judicial experience as a […]
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September 22, 2026
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Rushton KC
The Lady Chief Justice is delighted to welcome the appointment by His Majesty the King of Nicola Rushton KC to the High Court. Mrs Justice Rushton will be assigned to the Business and Property Division where she will bring over 33 years of experience as a barrister, and seven years of judicial experience as a […]
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September 22, 2026
Appointment of a High Court Judge: Tappin KC
The Lady Chief Justice is delighted to welcome the appointment by His Majesty the King of Michael Tappin KC to the High Court. Mr Justice Tappin will be assigned to the Business and Property Division where he will bring 35 years of experience as a barrister, and five years of judicial experience as a Deputy […]
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July 3, 2025
Appointment of Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuits
The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce, following an Expression of Interest and consultation with the Lord Chancellor, that Mr Justice Thomas Leech has been appointed as the Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuit with effect from 1 October 2025 for a period of three […]
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June 26, 2025
Appointment of the Chancellor of the High Court
Find out who the new appointment is, as well as their starting date and role details
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September 13, 2021
Appointment of Supervising Judge of Business and Property Courts for the Northern and North Eastern Circuits
Find out who has been appointed as the Supervising Judge
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February 5, 2021
Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Julian Flaux, starts his appointment
The Lord Chief Justice welcomes Sir Julian Flaux to his new role
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September 25, 2019
Appointment of Supervising Judge of Business and Property Courts for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits
Following an expression of interest, the Chancellor is pleased to announce that Mr Justice Marcus Smith will become the next Supervising Judge of Business and Property Courts for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits from 31 October 2019.