Launch of the Senior President of Tribunals’ Annual Report 2024
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The Senior President of Tribunals, the Rt Hon Sir Keith Lindblom, has today published his 2024 annual report.
In his introduction to the report, Sir Keith said: “2024 has been a busy year for the tribunals.
“With many policy and legislative changes affecting several chambers and steadily increasing caseloads, judicial office holders, officials in the Judicial Office, and the HMCTS staff who help us every day have been working hard throughout the country to continue to deliver justice and provide access to justice for our users.
“In each Annual Report I begin by recalling the strategic objectives I set for myself when I became Senior President of Tribunals in 2020. Providing this update every year gives me the opportunity to celebrate the successes we have had, and to reflect on what more we can do.
“This year’s Annual Report takes the form of my own introduction together with a review of the jurisdictions for which I am responsible. The following pages demonstrate the commitment shown by everyone in the tribunals community to maintaining access to justice, upholding the rule of law, and helping me to achieve my strategic priorities.”
Sir Keith, who is in the final year of his five year tenure as SPT, added: “We as judges would not be able to do our jobs effectively without the hard work of the many unsung heroes in the background – we owe our thanks to the HMCTS staff who ensure the effective operation of the tribunals, and the Judicial Office officials who support us in our leadership duties.”
He also thanked every tribunal judge and member, salaried and fee-paid, and said he was especially indebted to the Chamber and Tribunal Presidents, and their leadership judges: “I am hugely grateful to every one of them.”
The Senior President of Tribunals’ Annual Report 2024 can be read below.