News and communications

The Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lady Chief Justice, has approved the reappointment of Dr Gary Kildare as a lay member of the Legal Services Board.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

His Majesty The King, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the appointment of 3 Commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

The Secretary of State for Justice has approved the reappointments of Helen Jones, Professor Eileen Munro and Rohan Sivanandan as members of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Board.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Professor Penney Lewis as a Commissioner of the Law Commission of England and Wales.

• Updated: 2 May 2024

The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lady Chief Justice, has approved the reappointment of Gabriella Bettiga as a member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

The Secretary of State has approved the following appointments of Parole Board members.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointments 8 Court Examiners for 5 years from 1 April 2024.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

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• Updated: 11 March 2024

Faith Geary is appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer for the Parole Board from 1st March 2024.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Sally Cheshire CBE as Chair of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), from 1 April 2024 to 13 May 2026.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

The government has relaunched the recruitment process for the Victims’ Commissioner in line with the standard public appointments process.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

The Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of The Honourable Mr Justice Swift as Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for England.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointments, for 3 years from 1 January 2024, of John Cuss, Daniel Hoadley, Amrik Kandola, Sue Prince, Laurence Shaw and Elizabeth Smart as members of the Civil Justice Council.

• Updated: 5 February 2024

The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor has announced the appointment of Martin Jones as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation.

• Updated: 22 January 2024

His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of 95 barristers and solicitors as new King’s Counsel (KC) in England and Wales and the appointment of 5 new Honorary King’s Counsel (KC Honoris Causa).

• Updated: 19 January 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Alison Curry as the accountant member of the Insolvency Rules Committee.

• Updated: 18 January 2024

The Secretary of State has approved the reappointment of Ian Deninson as a Non-Executive Director of the Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL) for a period of up to three years, from 24 May 2024.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

Mike Freer MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, has approved the reappointment of Flora Page, as a non-lay member of the Legal Services Board, for 4 years from 1 August 2024.

• Updated: 18 December 2023

His Majesty The King, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the appointment of one Commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission.

• Updated: 11 December 2023

The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon as a non-judicial member of the Sentencing Council with Policing experience.

• Updated: 7 December 2023