• The recorder of Manchester or, since 1971, the honorary recorder of Manchester is a legal office in the City of Manchester, England. The recorder is appointed...
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  • A recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions. In the courts of England and Wales, the term recorder currently...
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  • recorder of Liverpool or, since 1971, the honorary recorder of Liverpool is an ancient legal office in the City of Liverpool, England. The recorder is...
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  • KC) (Central Criminal Court) Recorder of Manchester (Judge Nicholas Dean KC) (Manchester) (honorary since 1971) Recorder of Aylesbury (Judge Francis Sheridan)...
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  • elections before his appointment as Recorder of Manchester led to the by-election in 1956. He was Recorder of Manchester from 1956 to 1960. As a QC he was...
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    Assizes (redirect from Justice of Assize)
    Liverpool and Manchester, replacing the assizes and quarter sessions. This was extended nationwide in 1972 following the recommendations of a royal commission...
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    or Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales. Until...
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  • David Maddison (category Members of the Inner Temple)
    Senior Circuit Judge in 2003, Honorary Recorder of Manchester from 2003 to 2008, and Resident Judge for Manchester Crown Court. Maddison served in those...
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    committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of Lords, which included serving as the final court of appeal for...
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    the honorary title of the recorder of the city – e.g. the Recorder of Manchester. Despite still being circuit judges, these recorders are addressed in court...
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    The Exchequer of Pleas, or Court of Exchequer, was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common...
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    law officers of the Crown. The attorney general is the leader of the Attorney General's Office and currently attends (but is not a member of) the Cabinet...
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    court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to...
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  • City of Chester by-election of 15 November 1956 was held after the appointment of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Basil Nield as Recorder of Manchester...
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    Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice...
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  • Andrew Gilbart (category Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge)
    heavily involved in the long-running Manchester Runway litigation. During his tenure as Recorder of Manchester he presided over many criminal cases,...
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    Solicitor General, is one of the law officers of the Crown in the government of the United Kingdom. They are the deputy of the Attorney General, whose...
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  • Robertson Crichton (category British Army personnel of World War II)
    Crichton was Recorder of Blackpool from 1952 to 1960, Judge of Appeal of the Isle of Man from 1956 to 1960, and Recorder of Manchester and Judge of the Crown...
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    Joseph Leese (category Members of the Inner Temple)
    successful re-election bid for Manchester in 1876. He was invested as a Queen's Counsel in 1891. He was appointed Recorder of Manchester in 1893, and became a...
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    The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness...
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    The chief justice of the common pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench, which was the second-highest common law...
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  • Arthur Jacob Ashton (category Recorder (judge))
    was elected a bencher of his inn in 1914. He was Recorder of Manchester from 1914 until his death and Judge of Appeal on the Isle of Man from 1921 until...
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    Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The Court of Appeal...
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    important cases, with circuit judges and recorders hearing the majority. Historically the ultimate source of all justice in England was the monarch. All...
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  • eldest sons of baronets Daughters of baronets Wives of eldest sons of knights: Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter Knights of the Order of the Thistle...
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    church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city...
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    Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...
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  • Jonathan Laidlaw (category Alumni of the University of Hull)
    Inner Temple, where in 2013 he was appointed the head of chambers. He sat as a Crown Court Recorder since 1998 and in 2008 was appointed Queen's Counsel...
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    American Journal of Legal History. 21 (3). Temple University: 238–254. doi:10.2307/844792. ISSN 0002-9319. JSTOR 844792. Manchester, A. H. (1980). Modern...
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  • Noel Goldie (category Recorder (judge))
    following year he was appointed Recorder of Burnley, a position he held until he was appointed Recorder of Manchester in 1935, a position he filled until...
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