Throughout the period of the pandemic, the Leader of the Northern Circuit, Lisa Roberts QC, has provided the Circuit with regular messages.
March 2021
21.03.21 In Brief April 2021
09.03.21 Jeremy Grout-Smith
February 2021
17.02.21 More Nightingales and a ‘Super Court’
January 2021
28.01.21 HHJ Lever
28.01.21 HHJ Lever Valedictory (HHJ Potter)
18.01.21 Wearing of face masks/ coverings in court (SPJ & Deputy SPJ)
15.01.21 Letter from Chief Executive of HMCTS to all Circuit Leaders
14.01.21 Covid-19 court safety update from the Chair of the Bar and Circuit leaders
04.01.21 National Lockdown
December 2020
23.12.20 So this is Christmas
01.12.20 Advent
November 2020
15.11.20 Bar Conference 2020
13.11.20 Face coverings in robing rooms (Chair of Bar & Chief Exec HMCTS letter)
03.11.20 Message from our Presiding Judges
01.11.20 You Only Lockdown Twice
01.11.20 New COVID-19 restrictions for England
October 2020
23.10.20 MyBar Court Access Scheme
08.10.20 Preston Crown Court & Bar Mock Trial
08.10.20 S.28 Meeting - Preston
08.10.20 Young Citizens Bar Mock Trial Competition 2021
06.10.20 Champagne Supernova
06.10.20 Black History Month
06.10.20 A double act
September 2020
24.09.20 Courtroom Drama
24.09.20 The Lowry
24.09.20 Listing Document for The Lowry
04.09.20 We've come a long, long way together
04.09.20 HMCTS contact details
04.09.20 Northern Circuit Race Working Group - terms of reference
02.09.20 Face masks, court security and safety
August 2020
26.08.20 Bob Golinski
20.08.20 Crown Square - HMCTS update 20.08.20
18.08.20 PHE Factsheet for Crown Square court users
17.08.20. QE2 - HMCTS update 17.08.20
15.08.20 Crown Square - further HMCTS update
14.08.20 Rollercoaster
14.08.20 HMCTS Update re Crown Square
13.08.20 Crown Square etc.
12.08.20 HMCTS update on COVID issues in Cheshire and Merseyside
12.08.20 Crown Square update
10.08.20 Crown Square
07.08.20 John Broadley - a request
05.08.20 John Broadley - words from HHJ Peter Davies
05.08.20. The funeral of John Broadley
03.08.20 John Broadley - words from HH David Stockdale QC
03.08.20 Flexible/extended/Covid/shift/am-pm hours
02.08.20 John Broadley
July 2020
24.07.20 And here are the headlines
17.07.20 A little less conversation, a little more action
10.07.20 Northwest Tonight
03.07.20 Same as before, only different
03.07.20 HHJ Mark Brown
June 2020
26.06.20 At the end of a storm is a golden sky
19.06.20 Keep smiling through, just like you always do
18.06.20 Carlisle Crown Court
15.06.20 CPS Fees: S28 Hearings & Cracked Trials
12.06.20 Actions speak louder than words
10.06.20 Message to all Circuiteers
05.06.20 My heart aches
01.06.20 The (other) Monday Message
01.06.20 Manchester CJC Visit (29.05.20)
May 2020
29.05.20 Short but sweet
22.05.20 Thinking of you
20.05.20 Managing Covid 19 risks in open courts on Circuit
20.05.20 HMCTS and PJ Note of meeting 19.05.20
20.05.20 HMCTS Site and Contact details
15.05.20 I get by with a little help from my friends
13.05.20 Return to work?
12.05.20 Message from all the Circuit Leaders
12.05.20 Manchester Minshull Street trials
07.05.20 Back to life, back to reality
07.05.20 Manchester Minshull Street Update
07.05.20 Manchester Crown Square Update
07.05.20 Re Guidance from the Recorder of Leeds
05.05.20 QEII Update
01.05.20 Somewhere over the rainbow
April 2020
24.04.20 Mixed Messages
17.04.20 Bring me sunshine, in your smile...
09.04.20 Feel the love
07.04.20 Birdsong
06.04.20 We will meet again
03.04.20 Lisa Roberts and the Order of the CTF
02.04.20 Things can't change and stay the same
01.04.20 One Small Step
March 2020
31.03.20 We are Family
30.03.20 Scientia Potentia est...as we say in the North
27.03.20 That Friday Feeling
27.03.20 Leader's Message re Temporary Court Closures
26.03.20 Just when you thought it was safe....
25.03.20 Keep on Keeping on
24.03.20 Day One in the Lockdown House
23.03.20 Latest Information at 23:30 re Court tomorrow
23.03.20 Advice Following the Prime Minister's Advice (Lockdown)
23.03.20 Circuit Task Force
20.03.20 COVID Free Zone
19.03.20 Circuit Leaders' Message (from Leaders of all Circuits)
18.03.20 Coronavirus Update
17.03.20 Coronavirus Update
16.03.20 Coronavirus
"We will get through this. I promise. Be sensible, be patient, be resourceful. And above all, be kind to one and other."