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2007 Media releases

30 December 2007
Lord Justice Pumfrey

21 December 2007
Appointment of Judicial Chair for Sentencing Commission Working Group

10 December 2007
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reaches first century in healthy state

7 December 2007
Judicial Court Working Dress - Update

6 December 2007
Commercial Court publishes working party report on long trials

20 November 2007
Senior President hails the quiet evolution of Tribunals

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Speech by Sir Robert Carnwath CVO, Senior President of Tribunals
Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council - Getting there at last! (PDF 55kb)

Comments by Lord Phillips, Lord Chief Justice:
The Swearing in of Lord Justice Carnwath as Senior President of Tribunals (PDF 39kb)

14 November 2007
Justice Outside London: Administrative Courts in Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds?

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Proposals for Justice Outside London full report

25 October 2007
On The European Day Of Civil Justice The Master Of The Rolls Calls For Greater Focus On European Dispute Resolution

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Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
A UK Perspective on EU Civil Justice - Impact on Domestic Dispute Resolution (PDF 67kb)

23 October 2007
Time to Trust the Common Sense of British Juries?

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Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Trusting the Jury (PDF 82kb)

28 September 2007
Opening of the Legal Year – 1 October 2007

21 August 2007
Courts in Northamptonshire stay all claims against banks

27 July 2007
Appointment of Judges

12 July 2007
Lord Chief Justice announces reforms to court working dress

28 June 2007
Speech by Lord Justice Wilson: "The Ears of the Child in Family Proceedings"
Media Release | Full text of speech (PDF 153kb)

16 May 2007
Statement by the Lord Chief Justice - Ministry of Justice

10 May 2007
Annual report of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts for 2005 - 2006
Media release | Annual Report (PDF 534kb)

24 April 2007
New Guidance Issued on the Wearing of Veils in Court

23 March 2007
Ethnic Minority Liaison Judges
Media Release | Annual Report 2005-2006

22 March 2007
Lord Chief Justice reflects on challenges from first year as head of the judiciary

26 February 2007
The Role of the Judge
In a speech the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, addressed a fundamental misconception of the role of the judge

6 February 2007
New Chairman for Judicial Studies Board

31 January 2007
Head of Criminal Justice
Sir Igor Judge’s position as Head of Criminal Justice has been placed on a statutory footing

22 January 2007
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) publishes review of legal year

10 January 2007
Death in Service - Mrs Justice Bracewell

9 January 2007
Appointment of Deputy Head of Civil Justice