Guide to Judicial Conduct – Revised March 2018 (Updated March 2020)
The Judicial HR Committee of the Judges’ Council is in the process of revising the Guide to Judicial Conduct to make it more readily accessible to the judiciary.
Guidance
Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health)
Background 1. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it may be necessary for tribunals to adjust their ways of working to limit the spread of the virus and manage their workloads appropriately. I have therefore decided to ...
Pilot Practice Direction: Contingency Arrangements in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal
Background 1. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it may be necessary for tribunals to adjust their ways of working to limit the spread of the virus and manage their workloads appropriately. I have therefore decided to ...
Pilot Practice Direction: Panel Composition in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal
Background 1. The Senior President of Tribunals is responsible for determining panel composition by virtue of an order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 145(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 of, the ...
New edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book launched
Fully revised and updated version of the practical guide now published online
Practice Guidance: Placements in unregistered children’s homes in England or unregistered care home services in Wales
President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued new practice guidance to explain the registration and regulation structure applicable in England and, separately, in Wales for residential care facilities for children and young ...
Guidance on the use of s.28 YJCEA 1999; pre-recording of cross-examination and re-examination for witnesses captured by s.17(4) YJCEA 1999
GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF S.28 YOUTH JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1999; PRE-RECORDING OF CROSS-EXAMINATION AND RE-EXAMINATION FOR WITNESSES CAPTURED BY S.17(4) YJCEA 1999 When section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal ...
Practice Note (Admiralty: Assessors’ Remuneration) of 1 September 2019
This guidance is issued by Mr Justice Teare with the agreement of Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, and Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the Queen’s Bench Division. It is issued as a Practice ...
Judicial participation in research projects
Approaching the Judicial Office with requests for judicial participation in research projects The aim of this guidance is to promote a consistent approach to requests for judicial participation in: research into the judicial process; and ...
Update to Compendium of Standard Orders
Issued by the President of the Family Division