James Munby
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| Born | 27 July 1948 |
| Education | Magdalen College School |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Sir James Lawrence Munby (born 27 July 1948) is a retired
High Court of England and Wales. He was replaced by Sir Andrew McFarlane
on reaching the mandatory retirement age.
Early life
Munby was born on 27 July 1948. He was educated at
Eldon Scholarship winner.[2]
Legal career
Munby was
Family Division
and authorised to sit in the Administrative Court.
Munby was appointed as Chairman of the Law Commission on 1 August 2009, replacing
Lord Justice Etherton.[4]
On 12 October of that year, he was appointed a
Privy Council. His term as Chairman of the Law Commission expired in August 2012. On 11 January 2013, he succeeded Sir Nicholas Wall as President of the Family Division.[5]
Munby was the presiding judge when Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer divorced his second wife, Carolyn Freud. The Earl's barrister Nicholas Mostyn advised his client that the case could be heard in private, which Munby rejected. The Earl was upset at the final settlement and unsuccessfully sued Mostyn.[6]
Munby instituted procedural changes which from January 2016 led to hearings in the Court of Protection being open to the public, save where a judge decides otherwise.[7]
References
- ^ Hough, Andrew (1 March 2011). "Foster parent ban: Lord Justice Munby 'avid supporter of open justice'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Eldon Scholarship Award Holders since 1919". Oxford University. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Members". New Square Chambers. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "New chairman of Law Commission appointed by Lord Chancellor". The Department of Justice. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Number10.gov.uk (20 December 2012). "Appointment of President of the Family Division" (Press release). Judiciary of England and Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Maev Kennedy (25 July 2010). "And these little piggies ... were named after a high court judge". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Munby, James (27 July 2017). "Court of Protection Transparency Pilot: Case management S.49 pilots extension". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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