The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge of England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. Formerly the Lord Chancellor was senior to both, but the judicial roles of the Lord Chancellor have now been removed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

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  • The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge of England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. Formerly the Lord Chancellor was senior to both, but the judicial roles of the Lord Chancellor have now been removed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and since the 2005 reforms is known as the Head of Civil Justice. The first record of a Master of the Rolls is from 1286, although it is known that the office probably existed earlier than that. The Master of the Rolls was initially a clerk responsible for keeping the "Rolls", or records, of the Chancery court, and was known as the Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery. The post eventually evolved into a judicial one, but the Master still retained his clerical functions by serving as the nominal head of the Public Record Office up until 1958. However the Public Records Act of that year transferred responsibility for the PRO from the Master of the Rolls to the Lord Chancellor. The Master of the Rolls is also responsible for registering solicitors, who are officers of the Supreme Court. The present Master of the Rolls is Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, who succeeded Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, now Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, on 1 October 2005. Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury is due to succeed Lord Clarke on 1 October 2009, when Lord Clarke will become the first directly-appointed member of the newly-created Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
  • Master of the Rolls ist das dritthöchste Richteramt im englischen Rechtssystem. An erster Stelle steht der Lordkanzler, gefolgt vom Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Der Master of the Rolls sitzt dem Zivilsenat des Berufungsgerichtshof (Court of Appeal) vor. Ihm obliegt auch die Zulassung von Anwälten am obersten Gericht (Supreme Court). Die erste Erwähnung eines Master of Rolls datiert von 1495. Der ungewöhnliche Titel leitet sich davon her, dass er früher den führenden Lordkanzlei-Beamten bezeichnete, der die "Rollen" aufzubewahren hatte, d.h. die Akten des Kanzleigerichts (Chancery High Court). Erst später wandelte sich das Amt langsam zu einer richterlichen Funktion. In seiner Frühzeit war beispielsweise die Gültigkeit seiner Jurisdiktion von der Genehmigung des Lordkanzlers abhängig. Auch das Amt des Vizekanzlers wurde zeitweise durch den Master of the Rolls ausgefüllt. Bis 1958 war der Master of the Rolls weiterhin nomineller Leiter des Public Record Office, das u.a. für das Nationalarchiv zuständig ist. Diese Aufgabe nimmt heute der Lordkanzler wahr. Seit 2005 bekleidet der Kronanwalt Sir Anthony Clarke das Amt des Master of the Rolls.
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  • The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge of England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. Formerly the Lord Chancellor was senior to both, but the judicial roles of the Lord Chancellor have now been removed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
  • Master of the Rolls ist das dritthöchste Richteramt im englischen Rechtssystem. An erster Stelle steht der Lordkanzler, gefolgt vom Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Der Master of the Rolls sitzt dem Zivilsenat des Berufungsgerichtshof (Court of Appeal) vor. Ihm obliegt auch die Zulassung von Anwälten am obersten Gericht (Supreme Court). Die erste Erwähnung eines Master of Rolls datiert von 1495.
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