Master of the Rolls

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judicial office public office in England and Wales senior judge

The Master of the Rolls is a senior judge in England and Wales who serves as the head of civil justice and presides over the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ public office in England and Wales ⓘ senior judge ⓘ
abbreviation	MR ⓘ
appointedBy	the Monarch of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Lord Chancellor NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judiciary of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentHolder	Sir Geoffrey Vos NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate	11 January 2021 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Lords Justices of Appeal in the Civil Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver	all judges of the Court of Appeal except the Lord Chief Justice ⓘ
headOf	civil justice in England and Wales ⓘ
historicalAssociation	Court of Chancery NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalChange	lost primary archival responsibilities in the 20th century ⓘ role became primarily judicial and administrative ⓘ
historicalRole	custodian of the rolls and records of Chancery ⓘ keeper of the records of the Court of Chancery ⓘ
influences	development of civil law in England and Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
legalArea	civil law ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Royal Courts of Justice, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
memberOf	Court of Appeal of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
notableFor	being one of the oldest judicial offices in England ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	13th century ⓘ
officeType	non-political ⓘ
oversees	Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatesIn	making practice directions for civil procedure ⓘ sitting as a judge in the Court of Appeal ⓘ
partOf	Court of Appeal of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidesOver	Civil Division of the Court of Appeal NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank	second most senior judge in England and Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of civil justice ⓘ civil appeals from the High Court of Justice ⓘ oversight of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ some appeals from county courts ⓘ
seat	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	Lord Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ The Right Honourable NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory judicial retirement age ⓘ
titleUsedBy	office holder regardless of gender ⓘ
worksWith	Chancellor of the High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Civil Division → canSitWith → Master of the Rolls ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Lord Justice of Appeal → canSitWith → Master of the Rolls ⓘ

Baron Lyndhurst → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ

subject surface form: John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst