The Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Before October 2005, when certain provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 took effect, the holder of this office was known as the Vice-Chancellor and effectively acted as the Lord Chancellor's deputy in the British legal system. Despite the change of name, the duties of the office as head of the Chancery Division remain unchanged. Her Majestys High Court of Justice (known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... Bold textLodgey makes out with stephanie The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (2005 c. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ...

Sir Andrew Morritt has been the Vice-Chancellor since July 2000 and is the first Chancellor of the High Court.

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• New legal year sees new team take up posts Department for Constitutional Affairs press release, 3 October 2005)
• Lists of Judges from the Department for Constitutional Affairs