Lady Chief Justice
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November 12, 2025
Lady Chief Justice’s Report 2024 – 2025 / Adroddiad yr Arglwyddes Brif Ustus 2024 – 2025
Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill has laid before Parliament her second annual report as LCJ - read the report (in both English and Welsh)
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November 11, 2025
Fourth Amendment to the Criminal Practice Directions 2023 – November 2025
Issued by the Lady Chief Justice, this amendment comes into force on Tuesday 18 November 2025
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November 4, 2025
New Chancellor of the High Court, Lord Justice Birss, sworn in
The Lady Chief Justice has officially welcomed the Chancellor as he takes up his new appointment
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October 1, 2025
Lady Chief Justice’s speech at the swearing in of the Lord Chancellor and Solicitor General
Read the Lady Chief Justice's speech given in court 4 at the Royal Courts of Justice on 1 October 2025
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October 1, 2025
Rt Hon. David Lammy sworn in as the new Lord Chancellor
The Lady Chief Justice has sworn in David Lammy MP as Lord Chancellor, and Ellie Reeves MP as Solicitor General, in a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice
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July 3, 2025
Mansion House speech by the Lady Chief Justice
Read the speech given by the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill on Wednesday 2 July 2025
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July 3, 2025
Judicial diversity statistics 2025
The judicial diversity statistics 2024-2025 have today been published - read the Lady Chief Justice's statement
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May 30, 2025
Equal Treatment Bench Book: May 2025 update
Find out more about recent developments and additional or changed content in the updated bench book
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May 14, 2025
Launch of Judicial Strategy for International Engagement 2025‑29
Read about the new five-year strategy for international engagement