Part 2Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor

Judiciary and courts in England and Wales

7President of the Courts of England and Wales

1

The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of England and Wales and is Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales.

2

As President of the Courts of England and Wales he is responsible—

a

for representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to Parliament, to the Lord Chancellor and to Ministers of the Crown generally;

b

for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of England and Wales within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor;

c

for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of England and Wales and the allocation of work within courts.

3

The President of the Courts of England and Wales is president of the courts listed in subsection (4) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts.

4

The courts are—

  • the Court of Appeal

  • the High Court

  • the Crown Court

  • the county courts

  • the magistrates' courts.

5

In section 1 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), subsection (2)(Lord Chancellor to be president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales) ceases to have effect.