Lady Justice Macur has taken over the reins as senior presiding judge this week. She is the first woman to hold the role since it was created in 1983. The role entails being a board member of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, as well as overseeing the work of presiding judges on each Circuit in England and Wales, deployment of work in the courts, personnel issues for judges below High Court level and liaison with government departments. Lady Justice Macur replaces Lord Justice Fulford, who stood down on 31 March to become the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.
06 April 2017
New senior presiding judge
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury
Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton
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Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran
London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment
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Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire
NEWS
Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour
Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space
The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness
The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service
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