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The Secretary of State has appointed Adrian Usher as the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State has approved the reappointment of James Hayward as a Non-Executive Director of Gov Facility Services Limited .
The Secretary of State has appointed Raj Desai as a Member of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody.
The Lord Chancellor has reappointed Diane Astin, Nicola Critchley, Elisabeth Davies, Andrew Higgins and Rhodri Williams KC as members of the Civil Justice Council for a further term of 3 years.
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The Secretary of State has appointed Lynn Emslie as Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Tom Montagu-Smith KC, Isabel Hitching KC and David Marshall as legally qualified members of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of 8 Court Examiners for 5 years from 1 March 2023.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointments of Duwayne Brooks OBE and Phillip Bowen as members of the Youth Justice Board.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Alan Kershaw as the new Chair of the Legal Services Board for 4 years from 1 April 2023.
Adrian Usher announced as the preferred candidate in the recruitment exercise to select the next Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
Helen Pitcher OBE appointed as Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of 95 barristers and solicitors as new King’s Counsel (KC) in England and Wales.
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Colin Allars as the Chair to the Independent Restraint Review Panel for three years from 1 January 2023.
Helen Pitcher OBE announced as preferred candidate for next Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
The annual judicial pay review 2023 to 2024.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Beverley Thompson-Brown OBE as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Ian Curtis-Nye as a lay member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC).
His Majesty The King, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the appointment of a new Commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Ministers have approved the appointment of Oliver Hyams and Daniel Warents as Barrister Members of the Insolvency Rules Committee for 3 years from 31 October 2022.
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