Vice-Chancellor of The County Palatine of Lancaster - Vice-Chancellors Since 1987

Vice-Chancellors Since 1987

Before the implementation of the Courts Act 1971, the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine was controlled by section 14 of the Administration of Justice Act 1981. From 1973 to 1987, Andrew James Blackett-Ord, a circuit judge. Since then, the office has been held by a Justice of the High Court sitting in the Chancery Division:

• 1987: Sir Richard Scott
• 1991: Sir Andrew Morritt
• 1994: Sir Jonathan Parker
• 1998: Sir William Blackburne
• 2002: Sir Timothy Lloyd
• 2005: Sir Nicholas Patten
• 1 October 2008: Sir David Richards
• 2012: Sir Michael Briggs
• 2013: Vacant