Appointment of the President of the Family Division
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The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stephen Cobb has been appointed as the President of the Family Division.
The appointment of the President of the Family Division was made by His Majesty The King on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor following the recommendation of an independent selection panel chaired by Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, the Lady Chief Justice.
The other panel members were:
- Lord Lloyd-Jones (Justice of the Supreme Court)
- Professor Chris Bones (lay JAC Commissioner)
- Professor Clare McGlynn (lay JAC Commissioner)
- Uche Igbokwe (non-legally qualified judicial JAC Commissioner)
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