Sentences with phrase «lords appointments commission»

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On 5 October 2006 Lord Levy told Sir Gulam that he should not have included the # 250,000 on the papers sent to the Lords Appointments Commission, because it was not a donation, and was therefore not legally required to be disclosed.

Little noticed today is that Michael Howard, now Lord Howard, has just been appointed to the Lords Appointments Commission.

Lord Mandelson and David Davis discuss David Cameron's failure to prevent the appointment of Jean - Claude Juncker as European Commission president.

The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice, the Judicial Appointments Commission and the legal professions must monitor progress and look for new ways to encourage diversity.

The appointments will be overseen by two independent selection commissions convened by the Lord Chancellor under statutory rules.

The Judicial Appointments Commission has said it will not replace Lord Toulson immediately but will group the upcoming vacancies in joint selection exercises over the next two years.

The commission to appoint the next President is chaired by a non-lawyer member, Lord Kakkar, and comprises the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court who is not a candidate for the role, another senior UK judge (not a Supreme Court Justice), and representatives from the three independent judicial appointments boards across the UK.

The statute also requires that the Lord Chancellor, the First Minister in Scotland, the First Minister in Wales, the Judicial Appointments Commission in Northern Ireland and senior judges across the UK are consulted as part of the selection process.

Chambers is delighted to hear of Sir Wyn Williams» appointment as a member of the Commission on Justice in Wales, headed by former Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.

Other proposals include: appointing an independent layperson, instead of a judge, to head the selection panels for the lord chief justice and the president of the Supreme Court; transferring the lord chancellor's judicial appointment powers below either the High Court or the Court of Appeal to the lord chief justice; and restricting judicial appointment commission involvement in selecting judicial office holders who do not require a legal qualification.

Over the next few years we saw dramatic developments in the administration of the legal system, including the re-incarnation of the ancient office of lord chancellor as a secretary of state with purely ministerial functions, and the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission.