Lord Chief Justice
Americannoun
noun
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In the traders' cases the Court of Appeal, led by judges including Lord Chief Justice John Thomas and Lord Justice Nigel Davis, blocked the path to the Supreme Court five times from 2015 to 2019.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
Hale, a Puritan sympathizer and later Lord Chief Justice of England, sent two women to their doom as “witches” after a trial in 1664.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett – the most senior judge in England and Wales – disagreed with his two colleagues.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Judge said the legislation would make some men and women guilty exempt from prosecution.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022
The trial came on before the King's Bench in 1758, and, after learned pleadings on both sides, the Lord Chief Justice pronounced the decision of the Court.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce
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