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09 December 2022 / Dominic Regan
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The insider: 9 December 2022

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Dominic Regan tips his hat to his judges of the year & provides an update on Belsner bedlam

The Lord Chief Justice has handed in his notice and is off next summer. His replacement will be a she. My appointee would be Lady Justice Carr, who is as charming as she is efficient. The same is true of Lady Justice Simler, although I suspect the Supreme Court beckons. Dame Victoria Sharp will undoubtedly apply.

I do hope that this time the outcome is not determined by a writing competition. Lord Thomas got the post in 2013 after beating his opponent in a process which required an essay!

Stars of the bench & beyond

Last spring, I singled out for praise the judgment of Lord Justice Birss in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc (Consumers’ Association intervening) [2022] EWCA Civ 318, [2022] All ER (D) 48 (Mar) (‘The insider: 25 March 2022’, NLJ, p7). Now that we have reached December, I can say that I regard it as the finest I have read this year. Lord Atkin

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