The Lady 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...
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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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headed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; in Northern Ireland's courts, the equivalent position is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland...
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of Preston to Chief Justice, and from then on, it was a formally-appointed role, similar to the positions of Lord Chief Justice and Chief Baron of the...
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Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge in the court, and the second most senior...
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The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-mhorair Cùirt an t-Seisein) is the most senior judge in Scotland...
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The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is a judge who presides over the courts of Northern Ireland and is the head of the Northern Irish judiciary...
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to Lord Chief Justice in 1754, Mansfield became Attorney General and, when Ryder unexpectedly died several months later, he took his place as Chief Justice...
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then-Supreme Court (now Federal Court) as consisting of a lord president (now chief justice), the chief judges of the High Courts and at least four other judges...
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November 1880) was 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...
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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf (redirect from Lord Justice Woolf)
2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President...
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December 1642 – 5 March 1710) was an English lawyer who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 17 April 1689 to his death. He is frequently credited...
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Judiciary of England and Wales (redirect from Chief Master)
that office were transferred to the Lord Chief Justice under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. The Lord Chief Justice is also the President of the Courts...
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John Widgery, Baron Widgery (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Lord Widgery)
(24 July 1911 – 26 July 1981) was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1971 to 1980. He is principally noted for presiding...
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the High Court of Justice. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 transferred these roles to the lord speaker, the lord chief justice and the chancellor...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer (redirect from Second Lord of the Treasury)
vacant, the lord chief justice of the King's Bench would act as chancellor pro tempore. The last lord chief justice to serve in this way was Lord Denman in...
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the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, (c) the Master of the Rolls, (d) the Lord President of the Court of Session, (e) the Lord Chief Justice of...
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John Popham (judge) (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Popham)
House of Commons (1580 to 1583), Attorney General (1581 to 1592) and Lord Chief Justice of England (1592 to 1607). Popham was born in 1531 at Huntworth in...
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"Swearing In of the Lord Chancellor" (PDF). The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Lord Chief Justice of England and...
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current chief justice is Donal O'Donnell. The chief justice of the Supreme Court was created under the Courts of Justice Act 1924. Before 1922 the lord chancellor...
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George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys)
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 over...
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Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Parker)
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1710. He was Lord Chief Justice from 1710 to 1718 and acted briefly as one of the regents before the...
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Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales) (redirect from Lord Justice of appeal)
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 Court...
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Peter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'Brien (redirect from Peter O'Brien (Lord Chief Justice))
between 1891 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland between 1889 and 1913. In his lifetime he was universally...
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Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (redirect from Lord Goddard)
was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1946 to 1958, known for his strict sentencing and mostly conservative views despite being the first Lord Chief Justice...
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Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett)
PC, DL (born 28 February 1958), is a British judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2017 to 2023. Burnett was born on 28 February...
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Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (redirect from Lord Justice Bingham)
British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. On his death in 2010, he was described as the greatest...
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Bench 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...
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President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (redirect from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)
of the United Kingdom Senior President of Tribunals Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord President of the Court of Session The mandatory retirement...
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Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (redirect from Lord Chief Justice Kenyon)
barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Hanmer...
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