MAKING A POINT

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has made its first two High Court judge appointments under the new selection process. Judge Alastair Norris QC, formerly of Southernhay Chambers, will join the Chancery Division on 1 October. He was called to the Bar in 1973 and took silk in 1997. He was appointed a recorder in 1998, a specialist circuit judge in 2001 and sits as a deputy High Court judge. Judge David George Maddison, previously of Cobden House Chambers, will join the Queen’s Bench Division on 28 January 2008. He was called to the Bar in 1970, appointed a recorder in 1990, a circuit judge in 1992 and senior circuit judge and honorary recorder of Manchester in 2003.