header-logo header-logo

Wanted: new judges

18 January 2012
Issue: 7497 / Categories: Legal News
printer mail-detail

Vacancies for judges announced

Vacancies for High Court, senior circuit, circuit and district judges, and tribunal positions in the April 2012 to March 2013 programme have been announced.

There are 18 confirmed selection exercises for the next financial year, with 12 exercises for lawyers and six for other specialists, such as psychiatrists, says the Judicial Appointments Commission.

A selection round for an anticipated 72 deputy district judge (civil) vacancies is due to launch in April, with a further one for five vacancies expected to begin in October, and a further round for 70 vacancies due to begin in March 2013. One of the exercises will be for fee-paid employment judge roles.

A selection exercise for 145 fee-paid judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) is expected to launch in March.

 

Issue: 7497 / Categories: Legal News
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll