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Gill, R (on the application of) v Lord Chancellor's Department, Court of Appeal - Administrative Court, January 27, 2003, [2003] EWHC 156 (Admin)

SMITH BERNAL WORDWAVE
CO/221/02
Neutral Citation Number: [2003] EWHC 156 Admin
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London WC2

Monday, 27 January 2003
B E F O R E:

MR JUSTICE MAURICE KAY

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THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF GILL
(CLAIMANT)

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LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
(DEFENDANT)
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MR GILL APPEARED IN PERSON
MR G CLARKE (instructed by Treasury Solicitor) appeared on behalf of the DEFENDANT
- - - - - - - J U D G M E N T1. MR JUSTICE MAURICE KAY: This is an application for judicial review brought by Mr Gordon Gill. For a number of years he sat as a Justice of the Peace in Newcastle Upon Tyne. The decision which he seeks to challenge is a decision of the Lord Chancellor removing him from office. By section 5 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 it is the Lord Chancellor who appoints Justices of the Peace and it is in the Lord Chancellor that there is vested the power of removal. In order to assist him i...
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