Birss to be next Master of the Rolls
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Royal Courts of Justice Author: Aurelien Guichard Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source: Wikimedia Jane Lambert The presiding judge of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal is the Master of the Rolls. It is a very important office. Previous incumbents such as Lord Denning and Lord Woolf have greatly influenced the development of the law. The present Master of the Rolls is Sir Geoffrey Vos. According to the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website , his successor is to be the Chancellor, Sir Colin Birss. Sir Colin has held many important judicial offices over the years, but I would argue that one of his most significant achievements was the relaunch of the Patents County Court in 2010. The court had been established by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to resolve patent and design disputes between small and medium enterprises. Despite the high hopes of those who promoted it, the court wa...