Lord Chief Justice definition

Lord Chief Justice. , unless otherwise stated, means the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;
Lord Chief Justice. , unless otherwise stated, means the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
Lord Chief Justice means the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, and “Lord Justice of Appeal” means a person styled as such under section 3 of

Examples of Lord Chief Justice in a sentence

  • In the 2013 Toulmin Lecture, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said that: ‘Just because a change does not coincide with the way we have always done things does not mean that it should be rejected….Do proposed changes cause unfair prejudice to the defendant?: if so, of course, they cannot happen.

  • Their appointments, socialisation, performance reviews, incentives and continuance in office should be subjected to a review of the extent to which they understand and follow the above conceptualisation and values of Institution building.They should be super ordinate goal driven, less dependency driven, and more achievement driven.

  • If the parties cannot agree upon a chairman, this person will be nominated by Lord Chief Justice of the City of Oslo Magistrates Court.

  • The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales hosted a meeting of 151 leadership judges on 19 March 2020 using Skype for Business.

  • In so far as there remains any doubt about the power of a judge to hold a remote hearing from home or other non-court location this should be resolved and, if necessary directions given by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, pursuant to s 71(2) of the Senior Courts Act and s31B(4) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.

  • As the Lord Chief Justice made clear in R v Thompson and Others [2010] EWCA Crim 1623, [2011] 1 W.L.R. 200, [2010] 2 Cr. App.

  • Again, pursuant to s 31B(4) of the 1984 Act, places at which the family court sits, and the days and times at which it sits in any place, are to be determined in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice.

  • The Lord Chief Justice said that it was for the press to decide how appropriately to report the case so as to ensure the anonymity of the complainant.

  • Lord Judge, when Lord Chief Justice, described tag questions as unacceptable for children and indicates the need for ‘full judicial insistence that questions of a young witness should be open ended’.77 By analogy, tag questions should also be avoided with adults whose intellectual development equates to that of a child or young person.

  • Amendment Number 5 [2017] EWCA Crim 1076 was issued by the Lord Chief Justice on 27th July 2017 and came into force on 2nd October 2017.


More Definitions of Lord Chief Justice

Lord Chief Justice means the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
Lord Chief Justice means the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, 30
Lord Chief Justice means the Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tonga or Justice acting in that capacity or in the event of a vacancy, a Judge of the Supreme Court;2
Lord Chief Justice means the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; “Online Procedure Rules” has the meaning given by section 19(2);