Submission - Master of the King's Bench Division [2023]
Dublin Core
Title
Submission - Master of the King's Bench Division [2023]
Subject
Judicial Appointments
Description
Alex Chalk's formal advice recommending that King Charles III approve the appointment of Richard Michael Armstrong as Master of the King's Bench Division of the High Court (England and Wales).
Creator
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Source
FOI release
Date
Submission is undated, and this appointment doesn't seem to have been gazetted. But context suggests it dates from the latter part of 2023.
Contributor
Jason Loch
Relation
Coverage
England and Wales
Ministerial Submission Item Type Metadata
Transcript
(Sgd.) Appd
CR
The Lord Chancellor, with his humble duty to Your Majesty, submits for Your Majesty’s approval, if you shall so please, the name of Richard Michael Armstrong for appointment to the Office of Master of the King's Bench Division.
Also in the event of Your Majesty being graciously pleased to approve the appointment, the Lord Chancellor submits for Your Majesty’s signature, if you shall so please, a Warrant for their appointment to the Office of Master of the King's Bench Division.
(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor,
Signatures
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Ornamentation
Printed in Times New Roman.
Special Features
This submission uses the traditional gendered pronoun for the Lord Chancellor but uses a gender-neutral pronoun for the appointee.
This submission doesn't mention that the King's Bench Division is part of the High Court (cf. the submission for the appointment of a Senior Master).
Although a contemporary announcement on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website stated that the King made the appointment on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, only the former signed the submission.
This submission doesn't mention that the King's Bench Division is part of the High Court (cf. the submission for the appointment of a Senior Master).
Although a contemporary announcement on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website stated that the King made the appointment on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, only the former signed the submission.
Files
Citation
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice), “Submission - Master of the King's Bench Division [2023],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/636.