NOT BOTHERED; FEWER FACTS PART II; IT’S BACK
Whatshisname?
How to address a tribunal judge—otherwise than behind his back—may present a dilemma. Have no fear. The Senior President of Tribunals has just come out with revised guidance. In hearing rooms they should continue to be called “Sir” or “Madam” which is the practice even in the EAT when a High Court or circuit judge is presiding. In the Upper Tribunal when a judge is referred to in, for example, a decision document or after signature, the handle “Upper Tribunal Judge X” should be used. The titles of “chamber president” and “deputy chamber president” should be given in full but may be abbreviated to “CP” and “DCP” in the course of a decision. High Court and circuit judges sitting in the Upper Tribunal are to be referred to by their court titles (if you expect to encounter a Lord Justice of Appeal at a cocktail party or in an ice-cream or bus queue this summer then NLJ 15 February 2008, p 258 is a must).
Joe Soap QC (honoris causa)
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