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词条 President of the Family Division
释义

  1. Presidents of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division

  2. Presidents of the Family Division

  3. Legal Significance

  4. See also

  5. Notes

  6. References

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The President of the Family Division is the head of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and Head of Family Justice. The Family Division was created in 1971 when Admiralty and contentious probate cases were removed from its predecessor, the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.

The current President of the Family Division is Sir Andrew McFarlane (judge). Sir James Munby retired as president on 27th July 2018.

Presidents of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division

  • 1 November 1875: Sir James Hannen{{#tag:ref|As the Judge of the Court of Probate, Hannen became the President of the Division by virtue of section 31 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 on 1 November 1875.[1]|group=n}}
  • 29 January 1891: Sir Charles Butt{{#tag:ref|Under the Judicature Acts as then in effect, Butt, as the senior judge in the Division, automatically became President of the Division[2] when Hannen was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on 29 January.[3] The law was changed by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1891, which made the office one appointed by the Crown.|group=n}}
  • 2 June 1892: Sir Francis Jeune[4]
  • 30 January 1905: Sir Gorell Barnes[5]
  • 10 February 1909: Sir John Bigham[6]
  • 9 March 1910: Sir Samuel Evans[7]
  • 18 October 1918: Sir William Pickford[8] (The Lord Sterndale from November 1918)
  • 31 October 1919: Sir Henry Duke[9] (The Lord Merrivale from 1925)
  • 2 October 1933: Sir Boyd Merriman[10] (The Lord Merriman from 1941)
  • 8 February 1962: Sir Jocelyn Simon[11] (The Lord Simon of Glaisdale from February 1971)
  • 20 April 1971: Sir George Baker[12] (President of the Family Division after the relevant provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 came into force on 1 October 1971)

Presidents of the Family Division

  • 1 October 1971: Sir George Baker (President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division before the relevant provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 came into force on 1 October 1971)
  • 28 September 1979: Sir John Arnold[13]
  • 11 January 1988: Sir Stephen Brown[14]
  • 1 October 1999: Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss[15]
  • 7 April 2005: Sir Mark Potter[16]
  • 13 April 2010: Sir Nicholas Wall[17] (Retired 1 December 2012)[18]
  • 11 January 2013: Sir James Munby[19]

Legal Significance

Upon an intestate death, the property of the deceased legally vests in the President of the Family Division until such a time that the Probate Registry confers a grant of administration to the deceased's personal representatives. The property subsequently vests in the administrators and they have the authority to deal with the deceased's property as per the intestacy rules.

See also

  • Lord Chief Justice
  • Master of the Rolls
  • President of the Queen's Bench Division
  • Chancellor of the High Court

Notes

1. ^Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874, s. 2.
2. ^House of Commons Debates 27 January 1891 c. 1154.
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26130 |date=30 January 1891 |page=561}}
4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26294 |date=3 June 1892 |page=3287}}
5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27761 |date=3 February 1905 |page=841}}
6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=28223 |date=12 February 1909 |page=1109}}
7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=28347 |date=11 March |page=1767}}
8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=30968 |date=22 October 1918 |page=12489}}
9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31628 |date=4 November 1919 |page=13418}}
10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=33983 |date=3 October 1933 |page=6351}}
11. ^{{London Gazette |issue=42594 |date=9 February 1962 |page=1089}}
12. ^{{London Gazette |issue=45348 |date=22 April 1971 |page=3995}}
13. ^{{London Gazette |issue=47968 |date=2 October 1979 |page=12353}}
14. ^{{London Gazette |issue=51202 |date=19 January 1988 |page=599}}
15. ^{{London Gazette |issue=55633 |date=11 October 1999 |page=10807}}
16. ^{{London Gazette |issue=57612 |date=13 April 2005 |page=4779}}
17. ^{{London Gazette |issue=59393 |date=16 April 2005 |page=6727}}
18. ^{{cite press release |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2012/retirement-pfd.htm |title=Retirement of the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales |publisher=Judiciary of England and Wales |date=28 September 2012 |accessdate=28 September 2012}}
19. ^{{London Gazette |issue=60392 |page=674 |date=15 January 2012}}

References

  • David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000, Macmillan, 2000
  • Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900, Macmillan, 1975
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