Part I CONSTITUTION OF F10Senior Courts

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The High Court

4 The High Court.

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The High Court shall consist of—

a

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b

the Lord Chief Justice;

F2ba

the President of the Queen's Bench Division;

c

the President of the Family Division;

d

the Chancellor of the High Court;

F3dd

the Senior Presiding Judge

F4ddd

the vice-president of the Queen’s Bench Division; and

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the puisne judges of that court, of whom the maximum full-time equivalent number is 108.

2

The puisne judges of the High Court shall be styled “Justices of the High Court”.

3

All the judges of the High Court shall, except where this Act expressly provides otherwise, have in all respects equal power, authority and jurisdiction.

4

Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time amend subsection (1) so as to increase or further increase the F13maximum full-time equivalent number of puisne judges of the High Court.

F54A

It is for the Lord Chancellor to recommend to Her Majesty the making of an Order under subsection (4).

5

No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under subsection (4) unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

6

The High Court shall be taken to be duly constituted notwithstanding any vacancy in the office of F6. . . Lord Chief Justice, F7President of the Queen's Bench Division, President of the Family Division, Chancellor of the High CourtF8or Senior Presiding JudgeF9and whether or not an appointment has been made to the office of vice-president of the Queen’s Bench Division..

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For the purposes of this section the full-time equivalent number of puisne judges is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time puisne judges and adding, for each puisne judge who is not a full-time puisne judge, such fraction as is reasonable.