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9 December 2005
Appointment of Deputy Senior Presiding Judge - Mr Justice Leveson

21 November 2005
New Presiding Judges appointed to the North Eastern and Western Circuits
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer, has made the following appointments.

14 November 2005
Appointment of a Family Division Liaison Judge Midlands Region
The President of the Family Division, the Right Honourable Sir Mark Potter, has appointed the Honourable Mr Justice McFarlane to take up post as Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midlands Region with effect from 25 April 2006. Mr Justice McFarlane will succeed Mr Justice Kirkwood.

12 October 2005
Media summary of Judgment - Charlotte Wyatt case
This case has received a great deal of media attention, and the court thinks it very important that the public should understand both what the case is about, and what it is not about.

11 October 2005
Lord Chief Justice Welcomes New Constitutional Challenges
The new Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, today welcomed the challenges facing him and the judiciary as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

11 October 2005
Senior Civil Servant To Head Judicial Office For England And Wales
Debora Matthews has been appointed as the first Director of the Judicial Office for England and Wales. Currently Executive Director at the Judicial Studies Board, Ms Matthews will take up her new appointment on 1 November 2005.

3 October 2005
New Guide Published For Technology & Construction Court
A new guide has been produced for the Technology and Construction Court (TCC), designed to help lawyers and parties in resolving disputes.

11 August 2005
Judgment notification - Essex Family Case
Re: Essex County Council and X & Y and A & B (by their guardian ad litem, Ms Kennet)

29 July 2005
Judgment Summary - Miller v Miller
The Court of Appeal is today handing down its judgment in the case of Miller v Miller. The court has upheld the award of £4.5 million net made by Mr. Justice Singer on 5 April 2005 – see [2005] EWHC 528 (Fam).

28 July 2005
Judgment Summary - Burke v the General Medical Council
The Court of Appeal this morning (Thursday 28 July 2005) handed down its judgment in the case of R (Burke) v the General Medical Council. The judgment of the Court is to allow the GMC’s appeal, and to set aside the declarations made by the judge.

27 July 2005
New Presiding Judges Appointed to the Wales & Chester, Midland, Northern and South Eastern Circuits
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer, has made the following appointments.

22 July 2005
Senior Judicial Appointments Biographical Data
The appointment of Lord Justice Mance as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary by HM The Queen, with effect 1 October, was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office this morning.
The following appointments to the Court of Appeal by HM The Queen, with effect 1 October, were announced by the Prime Minister’s Office this morning.

20 July 2005
Judgment summary Harris and Others
Though all raising issues connected with “baby shaking”, more accurately, non-accidental head injury (“NAHI”), these four appeals have been separately determined in accordance with their own individual facts, as is illustrated by their different outcomes

21 June 2005
Civil Appeals website
A new website has been launched for the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), designed to provide online information and services for civil appeals

15 June 2005
Lord Chief Justice - “Magna Carta Lacks Suitable Recognition”
Surprisingly, the importance of Magna Carta has never had the recognition by the public at large in this country that it deserves.

7 June 2005
Greater Role for High Court Judges - Technology and Construction Court (TCC)
High Court judges are to have greater involvement in the work of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC).

12 May 2005
Lord Chief Justice Calls for Greater Sense on Sentencing
Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, called today for a range of measures to make greater sense of sentencing – in order to improve public confidence and make the criminal justice system more effective

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