The highest-ranking law officer in England and Wales, presiding over the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).
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Prior to that Act, the Lord Chief Justice presided over the Queen's Bench Division in addition to his other responsibilities.
Special arrangements have been made under the Lord Chief Justice's Recommendations for Trials of Children and Young Persons.
However, the Lord Chief Justices and I have decided to put beyond reasonable doubt the safeguards guaranteeing their independence.
After the hearing, I pulled it out again to make some notes on what we had to do before the next hearing, and I didn't notice that one of the Lord Chief Justices had not left the court yet.
The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice do not comment on individual cases before the courts.