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The Lord or Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales.. Until 2005 the lord chief justice was the second-most senior judge of the English and Welsh courts, surpassed by the lord chancellor, who normally sat in the highest court.
In November 2022, Burnett announced his intention to retire as Lord Chief Justice from 30 September 2023. [9] He was succeeded by Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill as Lady Chief Justice. [10] In 2023, he was made Chief Justice of the Astana International Financial Centre Court, an international commercial court in Kazakhstan. [11]
On 15 June 2023, Carr's appointment as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was announced. [14] She became the first woman to head the judiciary of England and Wales since the inception of the office in the 13th century. [15] [16] [17] Carr chose to be styled Lady Chief Justice and succeeded Lord Burnett of Maldon on 1 October. [18]
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 Master of the Rolls, (d) the Lord President of the Court of Session, (e) the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, (f) the Lord Justice Clerk, (g) the President of the King's Bench Division ...
Appointed Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Henry Charles Lopes: Mr Justice Lopes Common Pleas Mr Justice Archibald: 7 November 1876 26 February 1881 Common Pleas Division merged into the King's Bench Division MP for Launceston 1868–74; MP for Frome 1874–76; Lord Justice of Appeal 1885–97; PC 1885; created Baron Ludlow in 1897 King's Bench
Original justice: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2009) Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (2004–09) Longest serving original justice; 12 Lord Dyson: 13 April 2010: 1 October 2012: 2 years and 172 days: Original justice: Deputy Head of Civil Justice (2003–06) Lord Justice of Appeal (2001–10) First non-life peer appointed to the Court
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Criminal and human rights lawyer, chair of JUSTICE: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard: 30 June 2004 Crossbench Life peer Former Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and head of the Diplomatic Service: Lord Kestenbaum: 24 January 2011 Labour Life peer Chief executive of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: Lord ...