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04 August 2020
Issue: 7898 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Senior judges named

Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, has been appointed as the next Master of the Rolls, and Sir Keith Lindblom appointed Senior President of Tribunals

Sir Geoffrey will take over from Sir Terence Etherton, who is retiring, on 11 January 2021.

He was called to the Bar in 1977, took silk in 1993, was made a deputy High Court judge in 1999 and was appointed a Lord Justice in 2013. He practised at the chancery/commercial bar. He was chair of the Bar Council in 2007.

Sir Keith will take office on 19 September 2020, following the retirement of his predecessor, Sir Ernest Ryder.

He was called to the Bar in 1980, took silk in 1996, was made a Lord Justice in 2015 and became Vice-Senior President of Tribunals in 2018.

Issue: 7898 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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