Chief Justice of England and Wales (alternatively Lord Chief Justice when the holder is male) is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the...
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courts of England and Wales are headed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; in Northern Ireland's courts, the equivalent position is the Lord Chief...
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Lord chief justice may refer to: Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Chief Justice of Ireland Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Lord Chief...
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present Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is Dame Siobhan Keegan. Her counterpart in England and Wales is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and...
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Igor Judge, Baron Judge (redirect from Lord Justice Judge)
judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the head of the judiciary, from 2008 to 2013. He was previously President of the Queen's Bench...
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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf (redirect from Lord Justice Woolf)
British life peer and retired barrister and judge. He was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until...
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Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon, PC, DL (born 28 February 1958), is a British judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2017 to 2023...
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Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, PC FLSW (born Carmarthen, 22 October 1947) is a British judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2013 to...
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national head of the coroner service. The Chief Coroner is appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, in consultation with the Lord Chancellor...
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woman to serve as the head of the judiciary of England and Wales since the inception of the office of Lord Chief Justice in the 13th century. Carr previously...
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George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys)
1681, and two years later, he was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and a member of the Privy Council. Jeffreys became Lord Chief Justice in 1683 and presided...
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Kingdom. The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ranking Great Officer of State in Scotland and England, nominally...
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The ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are the Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal. These judges serve with the...
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passing of the Human Rights Act 1998. Bingham was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in 1996, following Lord Taylor. In England and Wales, he...
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a British jurist and politician who served as the Lord Chief Justice for 21 years. He heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the nineteenth century...
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as Lord Chief Justice of England from 17 April 1689 to his death. He is frequently credited with playing a major role in ending the prosecution of witches...
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Edward Coke (redirect from Chief Justice Coke)
and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. As a reward for his services he was first knighted and then made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. As Chief Justice...
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Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1992 to 1996 Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor (born 1963)...
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England and Wales: Since 3 April 2006, the Lord Chief Justice has been the overall head of the judiciary. Previously they were second to the Lord Chancellor...
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was staffed by one Chief Justice (now the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) and usually three Puisne Justices. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the...
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Thomas Fleming (judge) (category Lord chief justices of England and Wales)
offices, including Lord Chief Justice, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Solicitor General for England and Wales. Fleming was the son of John Fleming,...
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the Technology and Construction Court, and the Admiralty Court. Until 2005, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was the head of the Division. The...
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the highest judicial officials in England, behind only the lord high chancellor and the lord chief justice of England, who headed the King's Bench (Queen's...
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Justice of England and Wales Lord President of the Court of Session The mandatory retirement age for judicial offices —including the judges of the Supreme...
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Section 60 of the Act defines "the senior judges" as (a) the other judges of the Supreme Court, (b) the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, (c) the...
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(PDF). The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. 21 July 2016. Retrieved...
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between 1904 and 1913, before serving as Viceroy of India and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He had already been created Baron Reading, of Erleigh...
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John Popham (judge) (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Popham)
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A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High...
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John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Coleridge)
the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England. Coleridge was the eldest son of John Taylor Coleridge, and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor...
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