The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of
Michael Joseph Keehan, Esquire, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court with
effect from 13 May 2013 on the elevation of Mr. Justice Ryder to the Court of
Appeal.
Head of St Ives Chambers - Family law expert
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of
Miss Vivien Judith Rose to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 13
May 2013 on the elevation of Mr. Justice Floyd to the Court of Appeal.
Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and former Government Lawyer - this is a rare appointment of a civil servant to the High Court bench:
Vivien Rose was called to the Bar in 1984 and was a member of Monckton Chambers, London, for ten years specialising in domestic and EU competition law. In 1995 she left private practice and joined the Government Legal Service working for several years in HM Treasury advising on financial services regulation, at the Ministry of Defence advising on international humanitarian law and in the Legal Services Office of the House of Commons. She joined the Tribunal as a chairman in 2005 and has chaired panels dealing with cases covering the whole range of the Tribunal's work including against findings of competition law infringement, appeals against penalty, telecoms cases and follow-on damages claims.
She was co-editor (with Mr Justice Roth) of the sixth edition of Bellamy & Child European Union Law of Competition (2008) and is co-editor (with David Bailey) of the forthcoming seventh edition of that work (Spring 2013). She is a judge of the First-Tier Tribunal in the Charity and Environment jurisdictions. In 2009 she was appointed to be a Recorder on the South-Eastern Circuit and in April 2012 was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge, Chancery Division.
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of
His Honour Judge Stephen Paul Stewart., Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court
with effect from 7 May 2013 on the elevation of Mrs. Justice Gloster to the
Court of Appeal.
Circuit Judge from Liverpool - commercial and TCC experience, who has been sitting in the High Court for some time (including tomorrow).
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of
His Honour Judge Colin Ian Birss, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court with
effect from 13 May 2013 on the elevation of Mr. Justice Briggs to the Court of
Appeal.
Basically already a High Court Judge - sits in the Patents County Court.
