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Making the rules: new CPR committee member

10 April 2024
Issue: 8066 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , In Court
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The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr Justice Pepperall as a High Court Judge member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee for three years until March 2027
The committee makes rules of court and sets out the practice and procedure for the county court, High Court and Court of Appeal. Sir Edward Pepperall was called to the Bar in 1989, was appointed a Recorder in 2009 and took silk in 2013. He is a judge of the Technology & Construction Court and sits in the King’s Bench Division.
Issue: 8066 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , In Court
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