Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Hansard, 21 July 1997)

§ Mr. Hoon

The members of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee are:

Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls, chairman.
Sir Richard Scott, Vice-Chancellor
Mr. Justice Anthony May
Judge Richard Holman
District Judge Godfrey Gypps
Master Harman John Leslie
Henrietta Manners
David Foskett QC
Nicholas Chambers QC
Peter Howarth
Peter Watson
David Greene
Harriet Kimbell
Olivia Morrison-Lyons

Their relevant experience and professional qualifications are as follows:

Mr. Justice May Appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, Queen's Bench Division in 1991. Presently judge in charge of the Queen's Bench list.

Judge Holman Circuit judge. Appointed as an Assistant Recorder in 1998 and to the Circuit bench in 1994.

District Judge Gypps Appointed as a District Judge in 1991.

Master Leslie Master of the Supreme Court, Queen's Bench Division since 1996.

Nicholas Chambers QC Barrister, called 1966. Mr. Chambers took silk in 1985. He sits as a Recorder and as a deputy High Court judge. He has a general common law practice with a commercial emphasis.

David Foskett QC Barrister, called in 1972. Mr. Foskett took silk in 1991. His professional experience lies in the common law and commercial field, primarily in the Supreme Court. He sits as a Recorder.

Henrietta Manners Barrister with particular experience of practice in county courts. Called in 1981. She has been a member of the County Court Rule Committee since 1991.

David Greene Solicitor, admitted in 1980. Mr. Greene is the senior litigation partner at Messrs Edwin Coe, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn.

Peter Watson Solicitor, admitted in 1981. Mr. Watson is a partner with Messrs. Allen and Overy, specialising in High Court commercial and administrative law litigation.

Peter Haworth Solicitor with particular experience of practice in county courts. Admitted 1975. Mr. Haworth is a litigation partner with Messrs Southern Cooper, Solicitors, of Burnley Lancashire. He was a part-time chairman of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal from 1986 to 1992. He sits as a deputy district judge.

Olivia Morrison-Lyons Ms Morrison-Lyons was a manager of Camden CAB from 1982–93. She was a member of the Citizens Advice Bureaux Management Committee for 10 years.

Harriet Kimbell MBE Mrs. Kimbell is a non-practising solicitor. She has been a member of the Council of the Consumers Association since 1988 and is now Deputy Chairman. She was a non-executive director of Which? Ltd. from 1990 to 1993 and in 1994–95. She is a principal lecturer at the College of Law where she teaches consumer law.