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06 February 2026 / Dominic Regan
Issue: 8148 / Categories: Opinion , Legal services , Profession , Costs
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The insider: 6 February 2026

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Who’s coming, who’s going, & what cases are worth watching? Dominic Regan reports from the legal frontlines

I have had the privilege of reading several skeletons adduced for the forthcoming Mazur appeal, listed for 2.5 days on 24 February. Viable arguments abound. On the bench will be the Master of the Rolls, Chancellor of the High Court Lord Justice Birss, and Lady Justice Andrews. It is to be hoped that a judgment will be delivered before Easter.

Our fine Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, is to retire at the end of October. In November 2024, I was in the audience when the then courts minister Heidi Alexander spoke of her admiration for him, admitting that she had directed her senior civil servants to ‘bring me more Sir Geoffreys’. An hour later, and after less than six months in post, she was moved to become the transport secretary.

I anticipate that the new Master will be female. My money is on Lady Simler, who is as charming

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