Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

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judicial office public office

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales, responsible for representing and overseeing the judicial system.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lord Chief Justice	4
Lord Chief Justice of England	2
Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentAdvisedBy	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentRecommendedBy	independent selection commission ⓘ
chairs	Criminal Procedure Rule Committee ⓘ Judges’ Council ⓘ Sentencing Council for England and Wales ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentOfficeHolder	Lord Burnett of Maldon ⓘ
currentOfficeHolderStartDate	2017 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	County courts of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: County courts in England and Wales Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ Crown Court of England and Wales ⓘ High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ Magistrates’ courts in England and Wales ⓘ
headOf	judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Courts of England and Wales judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of England and Wales
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
memberOf	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
notTheSameAs	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ⓘ Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord Chief Justice
officeLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
predecessorOffice	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord Chief Justice of England
rankInJudiciary	most senior judge of the courts of England and Wales ⓘ
reformedBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
residence	Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
responsibleFor	allocation of work within the courts of England and Wales ⓘ deployment of judges in England and Wales ⓘ discipline of judges in England and Wales ⓘ oversight of the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ representing the judiciary internationally ⓘ representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to Parliament ⓘ representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to the government ⓘ
sharesJurisdictionWith	Chancellor of the High Court ⓘ Lord Denning ⓘ surface form: Master of the Rolls President of the Family Division ⓘ President of the King’s Bench Division ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord Chief Justice The Right Honourable ⓘ
succeedsInAbsenceOf	Lord Chancellor in certain judicial functions ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory judicial retirement age ⓘ
tookOverFunctionsFrom	Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: Lord Chancellor

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

judiciary of England and Wales → hasOffice → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Crown Court of England and Wales → headOfJudiciary → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → headedBy → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Court of King’s Bench → headedBy → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → headedBy → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

judiciary of England and Wales → headedBy → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Lord President of the Court of Session → isDistinctFrom → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → officeHolderTitle → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice

Cockburn → positionHeld → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexander James Edmund Cockburn

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → predecessorOffice → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice of England

Court of King’s Bench → presidedOverBy → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice of England

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → presidingOfficerCriminalDivision → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Henry IV, Part 2 → principalCharacter → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → styleOfAddress → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice

Lord → usedInTitle → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice

Judicial Office for England and Wales → worksWith → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ

Secretary of State for Justice → worksWith → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ