Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/part/I/crossheading/the-high-court
Timestamp: 2020-02-23 12:13:38
Document Index: 61315609

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: The High Court
Senior Courts Act 1981, Cross Heading: The High Court is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 February 2020. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F5(e)the puisne judges of that court, of whom the maximum full-time equivalent number is 108.]
(4)Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time amend subsection (1) so as to increase or further increase the [F6maximum full-time equivalent number] of puisne judges of the High Court.
[F7(4A)It is for the Lord Chancellor to recommend to Her Majesty the making of an Order under subsection (4).]
(6)The High Court shall be taken to be duly constituted notwithstanding any vacancy in the office of F8. . . Lord Chief Justice, [F9President of the Queen's Bench Division, President of the Family Division, Chancellor of the High Court][F10or Senior Presiding Judge][F11and whether or not an appointment has been made to the office of vice-president of the Queen’s Bench Division.].
[F12(7)For the purposes of this section the full-time equivalent number of puisne judges is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time puisne judges and adding, for each puisne judge who is not a full-time puisne judge, such fraction as is reasonable.]
F1S. 4(1)(a) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 117(2)(a), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(h), 30(b)
F2S. 4(1)(ba)-(d) substituted (1.10.2005) for s. 4(1)(c)(d) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 117(2)(b); S.I. 2005/2505, art. 2(c)
F3S. 4(1)(dd) inserted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 72(6)(a)
F4S. 4(1)(ddd) inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 69(2)(a), 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))
F5S. 4(1)(e) substituted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 14(2); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g)
F6Words in s. 4(4) substituted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 14(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g)
F7S. 4(4A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 117(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(h)
F8Words in s. 4(6) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 117(4)(a), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(h), 30(b)
F9Words in s. 4(6) substituted (1.10.2005) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 117(4)(b); S.I. 2005/2505, art. 2(c)
F10Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 72(6)(b)
F11Words in s. 4(6) inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 69(2)(b), 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))
F12S. 4(7) inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 14(4); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g)
(a)the Chancery Division, consisting of [F13the Chancellor of the High Court, who shall be president thereof,] the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be vice-president thereof, and such of the puisne judges as are for the time being attached thereto in accordance with this section;
(b)the Queen’s Bench Division, consisting of the Lord Chief Justice, [F14, the President of the Queen's Bench Division], [F15the vice-president of the Queen’s Bench Division] and such of the puisne judges as are for the time being so attached thereto; and
(2)The puisne judges of the High Court shall be attached to the various Divisions by direction [F16given by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor]; and any such judge may with his consent be transferred from one Division to another by direction [F16given by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor], but shall be so transferred only with the concurrence of the senior judge of the Division from which it is proposed to transfer him.
(3)Any judge attached to any Division may act as an additional judge of any other Division at the request of the [F17Lord Chief Justice made][F18 with the concurrence of both of the following—
[F19(6)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (2).]
F13Words in s. 5(1)(a) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 118(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(i)
F14Words in s. 5(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2005) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 118(3); S.I. 2005/2505, art. 2(c)
F15Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 69(3), 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))
F16Words in s. 5(2) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 118(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(i)
F17Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(2), Sch. 17 para. 12
F18Words in s. 5(3) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 118(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(i)
F19S. 5(6) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 118(6); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(i)
(2)The judges of the Patents Court, of the Admiralty Court and of the Commercial Court shall be such of the puisne judges of the High Court as the [F20Lord Chief Justice may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor,] from time to time nominate to be judges of the Patents Court, Admiralty Judges and Commercial Judges respectively.
[F21(3)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (2).]
F20Words in s. 6(2) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 119(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(j)
F21S. 6(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 119(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(j)
(1)Her Majesty may from time to time, on a recommendation of [F22the Lord Chancellor and] the judges mentioned in subsection (2), by Order in Council direct that—
(2)Those judges are F23. . . the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, [F24the President of the Queen's Bench Division, the President of the Family Division and the Chancellor of the High Court]
F22Words in s. 7(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 120(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(k)
F23Words in s. 7(2) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 146, 148, Sch. 4 para. 120(3)(a), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(k), 30(b)
F24Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.10.2005) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 120(3)(b); S.I. 2005/2505, art. 2(c)