Joyous! That is how I felt upon learning that Dame Sue Carr is to be our first female Chief Justice (Lord or Lady I know not). We met doing a LexisNexis webinar about Part 36 in 2008. She was scintillating company and so thoroughly well-prepared. Such was her talent that she had already been invited to audition for the role of a British Judge Judy! Far greater responsibilities now await her.
One function of this column is to spot those in the ascendancy. Legal legend Joshua Rozenberg KC (hon) drew my attention to Mr Justice Chamberlain, who got onto the High Court Bench in 2019 and will not attain the age of 50 until 25 November this year. Saxophonist Lord Justice Singh is a cert for the Supreme Court. Sir Edward Pepperall, whom I regard as the leading authority on Part 36, produces exemplary judgments. Mr Justice Ritchie was only sworn in in 2021 but
