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31 July 2009
Issue: 7380 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Neuberger is new MR

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Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury has been appointed Master of the Rolls.

His move, from Law Lord to head of a division of the high court, echoes that of Lord Denning and Lord Woolf, and follows a series of fast promotions.

A property law specialist, he was called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, in 1974, and took Silk in 1987. He was a Recorder from 1990 until 1996, when he was appointed as a high court judge.

In 2004, he was promoted to the Court of Appeal, and in 2007, he became the youngest law lord, at 58 years old.

Malcolm Dowden, solicitor, LexisPSL says: “Lord Neuberger’s move from the House of Lords to become Master of the Rolls tracks the career path of Lord Denning and inevitably invites comparison of the two.  “A less divisive figure than Denning, he has done much to rationalise and develop key areas of property law including the survival of rights of way when land use changes, the statutory protection of mixed business and residential tenancies and the limits of

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