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APPENDIX 1 ADDRESSES AND OTHER CONTACT DETAILS

1. CLERKS TO THE CHANCERY JUDGES

   (all numbers to be preceded by 020 7947)
  
Clerk to:  telephone   fax
The Chancellor64126572
Mr Justice Lindsay62537185
Mr Justice Evans-Lombe66576719
Mr Justice Blackburne65897379
Mr Justice Lightman66716291
Mr Justice Rimer64186649
Mr Justice Park67416196
Mr Justice Pumfrey74826593
Mr Justice Hart64196062
Mr Justice Lawrence Collins74677298
Mr Justice Patten76176650
Mr Justice Etherton61166165
Mr Justice Peter Smith61836133
Mr Justice Lewison60396894
Mr Justice David Richards74196743
Mr Justice Mann79646739
Mr Justice Warren72607740
Mr Justice Kitchin65186439

2. E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS

   The e-mail protocol sets out how parties may communicate by e-mail on certain matters with the Chancery Division, and can be found at: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
  
   The relevant e-mail addresses are:
  
(a)   For skeleton arguments, chronologies, reading lists, list of issues, lists of authorities (but not the authorities themselves) and lists of the persons involved in the facts of the case sent in advance of a hearing:
  
Judge:   rcjchancery.judgeslisting@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
   [Note: The clerk to the judge concerned should be contacted to find out whether other documents will be accepted by e-mail, and whether documents should be sent direct to the judge's clerk's e-mail address.]
Chancery Master:   rcjchancery.mastersappointments@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Bancruptcy Registrar:   rcjbankruptcy.registrarshearings@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Companies Court Registrar:   rcjcompanies.orders@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
(b)   For the agreed terms of an Order which is ready to be sealed following the conclusion of a hearing:
  
Judge:   rcjchancery.ordersandaccounts@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Chancery Master:   rcjchancery.ordersandaccounts@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Bankruptcy Registrar:   rcjbankruptcy.registrarshearings@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Companies Court Registrar:   rcjcompanies.orders@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk

3. AT THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE, THOMAS MORE BUILDING

   (All telephone extension numbers and fax numbers should be prefixed by 020 7947 unless otherwise specified)
   1ST FLOOR
   TM1.10 Bankruptcy Registrars' Clerks, applications without notice, Registrars' hearings and orders (6444) Bankruptcy Registrars' Chambers (6444/7387)
Bankruptcy Court fax number (6378)
   2ND FLOOR
   TM2.04 Deputy Court Manager (6812)
TM2.07 Court Manager, Companies, Bankruptcy Courts (6870).
TM2.09 Companies Court General Office: issue of all winding-up petitions and all other Companies Court applications; filing of documents (6294); Central Index (7328)
TM2.11 Bankruptcy Issue and Search Room; issue of all petitions presented by creditors and debtors and applications to set aside statutory demand and applications for interim orders; search room (6448); setting down appeals from Registrars and District and Circuit Judges (6863); Companies Court Fax number (6958)
   3RD FLOOR
   TM3.08 Bankruptcy and Companies Registry. Filing affidavits, witness statements and documents and requesting bankruptcy and company files for applications without notice to be made in Chambers; requests for office copies, lodging applications for certificates of discharge in bankruptcy (6441)
   4TH FLOOR
   TM4.04 Companies Schemes and reductions of capital (6727
TM4.05 Companies Orders Section: Winding up Court (6780);
Registrars' Orders and disqualification of directors (6822)
   5TH FLOOR
   TM5.04 Chancery Chambers Registry and Issue Section: issue and amendment of all Chancery process, filing affidavits and witness statements (save those lodged within two days of a hearing before a Master which are to be filed in Room TM7.09); filing acknowledgements of service, searches of cause book; applications for office copy documents, including orders; transfers in and out (6148/6167)
TM5.05 Deputy Court Manager, Chancery Chambers. Certification of documents for use abroad (6754)
TM5.06 Lawyer, Chancery Chambers (6080).
TM5.07 Orders and Accounts Section. Associates: preparation of all Chancery Orders and Companies and Bankruptcy Court Orders; small payments; bills of costs for assessment; settlement of payment and lodgment schedules; accounts of receivers, judicial trustees, guardians and administrators; applications relating to security set by the court; matters arising out of accounts and inquiries ordered by the court (6855); Chancery Orders and Accounts Fax number: (7049)
   6TH FLOOR
   TM6.04 Chancery Masters' Library
TM6.05 Master Price
TM6.06 Court Manager, Chancery Chambers (6075)
TM6.07 Master Bowles
TM6.08 Secretary to Masters (6777)
TM6.09 Master Bragge
   7TH FLOOR
   TM7.05 Master Teverson
TM7.06 Master Moncaster
TM7.08 Chief Master Winegarten
TM7.09 Masters' Appointments. Issue of Masters' applications, including applications without notice to Masters; filing affidavits and witness statements in proceedings before Masters (only if filed within two working days of hearing before the Master); applications to serve out of jurisdiction; filing stop notices; filing testamentary documents in contested probate cases; filing grants lodged under Part57; filing affidavits relating to funds paid into court under the Trustee Act 1925Acts, Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845. Manager (6095); Clerks to Chancery Masters (6702/7391);
Masters' Appointments Fax no: (7422)

4. AT THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE BUT OUTSIDE THOMAS MORE BUILDING

   (Prefaced by 020 7947 unless otherwise specified).
   RCJ Switchboard (6000)
RCJ Security Office (6260)
Fees Office (Room E01) (6527)
Clerk of the Lists, Room WG3 (6318)
Chancery Judges' Listing Office, Room WG4 (6778/6690)
High Court Appeals Office, Room WG7 (7518)
Chancery Judges' Listing Office Fax number*: (7345) (*See paragraph 14.12)
Officer in charge of mechanical recording (Room WB.14) (6154)
Head Usher (6356, fax 6668)
Customer Service Officer (7731)
Video-conferencing managers (6581, fax 6613)

RCJ Advice Bureau (0845 120 3715, or 020 7947 6880, fax 020 7947 7167)
Personal Support Unit (Room M104). (7701/7703 fax 7702)


5. LONDON, OUTSIDE THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

   Central London County Court
Civil Trial Centre, Chancery List, 26-29 Park Crescent, London W1N 4HT
DX 97325 Regents Park 2
Business Chancery and Patents section (020 7917 7821/7887)
Fax 0207 917 7935/7940

6. OUTSIDE LONDON

   The following are the Court addresses, telephone and fax numbers for the courts at which there are regular Chancery sittings outside London:
   Birmingham: The Priory Courts, 33 Bull Street, Birmingham B4 6DS. Telephone: 0121-681-3033. Fax: 0121-681-3121
   Bristol: The Law Courts, Small Street, Bristol BS1 1DA. Telephone: 0117-976-3098. Fax: 0117-976-3074
   Cardiff: The Civil Justice Centre, 2 Park Street, Cardiff CF1 1ET. Telephone: 01222-376402. Fax: 01222-376470
   Leeds: The Court House, 1 Oxford Row, Leeds LS1 3BG. Telephone: 0113-283-0040. Fax: 0113-244-8507.
   Liverpool: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Derby Square, Liverpool L2 1XA. Telephone: 0151-473-7373. Fax: 0151-227-2806
   Manchester: The Courts of Justice, Crown Square, Manchester M3 3FL. Telephone: 0161-954-1800. Fax: 0161-832-5179
   Newcastle: The Law Courts, Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 3LB. Telephone: 0191-201-2000. Fax: 0191-201-2001
   Preston: The Law Courts, Openshaw Place, Ringway, Preston PR1 2LL. Telephone: 01772-832300. Fax: 01772-832476.
   In some centres resources do not permit the listing telephone numbers to be attended personally at all times. In cases of urgency, solicitors, counsel and counsel's clerks may come into the Chancery Court and leave messages with the member of staff sitting in Court.
   Urgent Court business officer pager numbers for out of hours applications:
   Birmingham (Midland Circuit): West Side: 07699-618079 East Side: 07699-618078
   Bristol: 07699-618088
   Cardiff: 07699-618086
   Manchester and Liverpool: 07699-618080
   Preston 07699-618081
   Newcastle 01399-618083
   Leeds and Bradford 01399-618082
   In case of difficulty out of hours, contact the Royal Courts of Justice on 020 7947 6260.

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