Mr Justice Butcher
Biographical details of Mr Justice Butcher
High Court
Practice Note on Cross Border Mergers
The purpose of this note is to explain the Court’s approach when hearing applications in connection with a cross-border merger pursuant to the Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (“the Regulations”).
The Queen’s Bench Guide 2018
The sixth edition of this guide.
Practice Note: Changes to the Procedure for Obtaining Trial Listing Appointments with the QB Judges Listing Office
1. This note is intended to provide guidance for practitioners about the new arrangements coming into effect from 19 June 2017 for issuing Listing appointments for trial before judges of the High Court in London. ...
Practice Note: Fees of Assessors in the Admiralty Court (Elder Brethren of Trinity House)
Practice Note (Admiralty: Assessors’ Remuneration) of 3 January 2017 This guidance is issued by Mr Justice Teare with the agreement of Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, and Sir Brian Leveson, President of the ...
Practice guidance: Family Court – Duration of Ex Parte (Without Notice) Orders
This revised Guidance, issued on 18 January 2017, supersedes the 13 October 2014 Guidance.
The Queen’s Bench Guide 2017
Foreward by The Rt Hon. Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division A year ago, when I provided the foreword for the fourth edition of this guide, I noted the great pace of ...
Practice Note to PD51O Paragraph 3.4(2)
This Practice Note provides clarification as to the documents which will no longer be accepted as email attachments but which must be submitted via Electronic Working (unless submitted on paper). It operates while that Direction ...
Practice guidance: Arbitration in the Family Court
Guidance issued by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division on 23 November 2015
Shorter and Flexible Trial Procedures Pilot Schemes
Further details on the Shorter and Flexible Trial Procedures initiative, starting in October, aimed at making business litigation cheaper and simpler. The initiative introduces two new schemes into the courts in the Rolls Building.