Magistrates' court
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February 11, 2025
Rex -v- AB
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January 27, 2025
Presiding Justice – Death in Service
The Lady Chief Justice and the Senior Presiding Judge were saddened to learn of the death in service of Dr Karen Hester, JP, on 4 January 2025. Dr Hester was appointed as a Magistrate in 2005 and had served since 2011 as a Presiding Justice on the Suffolk Bench in Lowestoft and Ipswich.
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January 9, 2025
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) – Death in Service
Information on the Death in Service of District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Justin Barron
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December 18, 2024
Appointment of new National Leadership Magistrate
Find out about the JP appointed by the Lady Chief Justice
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December 16, 2024
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Pre-Application Seminar 2025
The online advice and guidance session will be held on Thursday 16 January 2025 from 5-6pm
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November 19, 2024
Lady Chief Justice’s Report 2023 – 2024 / Adroddiad yr Arglwyddes Brif Ustus 2023 – 2024
Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill has laid before Parliament her first report as LCJ - read the report (in both English and Welsh)
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October 30, 2024
Extensions to family court transparency pilots
The family court reporting pilot will extend to include magistrates' courts and the Royal Courts of Justice - find out more
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October 16, 2024
Speech by Mr Justice Cobb: ‘Justice must be seen to be done’
Read the Conkerton Memorial Lecture delivered by the Judge to the Liverpool Law Society
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October 8, 2024
Criminal Procedure Rule changes now in force – October 2024
Read the latest update about the Criminal Procedure Rules, the Criminal Practice Directions and the Rule Committee