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Senior Courts Act 2016

Senior court Judges - Tenure of office

128: Tenure of President of Court of Appeal

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"When the President of the Court of Appeal stops doing their job"

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You are the President of the Court of Appeal. You keep this job until one of the following happens: you are appointed a Supreme Court Judge, you resign from the job, you resign as a High Court Judge, you retire, or you are removed from the job. This means you stop being the President of the Court of Appeal when one of these things occurs. You will know when this happens because it will be one of these specific events.

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Part 5Senior court Judges
Tenure of office

128Tenure of President of Court of Appeal

  1. The President of the Court of Appeal continues to hold the office of President of the Court of Appeal until the earliest of the following:

  2. the President is appointed a Supreme Court Judge:
    1. the President resigns from that office:
      1. the President resigns from office as a High Court Judge:
        1. the President retires:
          1. the President is removed from that office.