Dear Ministry of Justice,

Can you please provide all information relating to whether or not District Judge Carla Jane Revere who has civil authorisation to sit at Romford County Court, also has authorisation to sit at the Central London County Court (Bankruptcy) to hear specialist bankruptcy work, as defined within Practice Direction 57AA, that must be marked as 'business and property work' by the court clerks, which is specialist bankruptcy work, rather than just general insolvency.

Or is she only authorised to sit in the County Court at Central London to hear general insolvency work that does not include specialist bankruptcy work.

Can you please confirm if all specialist insolvency bankruptcy work heard at the Central London County Court (Bankruptcy Court) must be allocated and marked as 'Business and Property Work' by the court clerk who allocates the case number and lists the case with the judge and must be heard by a specialist judge.

Please also confirm which level of judge is required to annul a bankruptcy order that should never have been made at a county court hearing centre for lack of jurisdiction to hear a contested creditor's bankruptcy petition, would this be the same level of judge who can only hear general insolvency work in the county court hearing centres and not able to hear a contested creditor's bankruptcy petition, or would it need to be before a specialist judge who can hear specialist bankruptcy work as contained in Practice Direction 57AA Business and Property Courts, who must have the jurisdiction to hear specialist work undertaken in the Business and Property Courts that are suitable to be heard in the County Court , which fall within the definition in PD para 4.1 & 4.2 as specialist bankruptcy work and must be marked by the court clerks as 'business and property work' this specialist work includes being able to sit and hear contested creditor's bankruptcy petitions.

In other words how is it possible to have the same level of judge who did not have the specialist authority to hear a contested creditor's bankruptcy petition or to make a bankruptcy order ( who also happened to be a fee paid deputy district judge with civil authorisation in the Central London County Court, who sat in the County Court at Maidstone hearing centre) to annul a bankruptcy order that should never have been made.

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Can you please acknowledge this FOI request and also confirm what date she was authorised to sit and hear general insolvency / bankruptcy work and from what date to sit and hear specially ticketed bankruptcy work as defined in PD 57AA that must be marked as 'business and property work' at the Central London County Court (Bankruptcy).

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams

Dear LondonAndSouthEastKILO,

The Ministry of Justice have stated that a response would be sent by 28 June 2019 and it is extremely over-due and outside the timeframe of 20 working days.

Can you please send the information by tomorrow.

Yours sincerely,

Deb Williams

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Justice's handling of my FOI request 'District Judge Carla Jane Revere - Specialist Bankruptcy Judge'.

The Ministry of Justice has respond concerning the authority of the wrong Specialist Bankruptcy Judge this request is concerning District Judge Carla Jane Revere.

You say these FOI request is on going but have not said when you will answer and have apologised for not replying within the timeframe having broken the law and suggest I contact the ICO, which I shall do.

It is impossible and unacceptable that the MOJ does not know what powers their judges have ready to hand especially those who are appointed to carry out specialist work. If the MOJ do not provide this information how is anyone to know or check if a judge is qualified to act.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams

Dear LondonKILO,

Why are the MOJ refusing to answer this request that you have combined concerning the authority and powers of two judges District Judge Charlotte Mary Hart and District Judge Carla Jane Revere both apparently Speciailst Bankruptcy Judges.

How can anyone have any faith in the judiciary if they cannot confirm the judge has the authority to hear a case?

Does the new Lord Chacellor and Secretary of State for Justice who assumed office on the 24 July 2019 and was preceded by David Gauke know that the MOJ is concealing the powers of it's judges?

Yours sincerely,

Deb Williams

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Please can I have a reply to 9 September email and can you please also confirm whether these lady judges sit in the Central London County Court (Bankruptcy) DX 44450 that does not have a location code or at the Central London County Court location code 372 DX 44453, as a specialist ticketed bankruptcy judge.

This is extremely important to know especially when a bankruptcy order can be obtained either under national law or using the EU regulations.

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Why is the Ministry of Justice deliberately concealing this recorded information relating to whether a judge has the jurisdiction to hear a specialist matter with only a presumption that they do.

The MOJ is wilfully refusing to state whether District Judge Carla Jane Revere is a Speciailst Ticketed judge authorised to hear Speciailst bankruptcy work as defined in Practice Direction 57AA when either sitting at the Central London County (Bankruptcy) DX 44450 without a location code or at the Central London County Court location code 372 DX 44453, the ICO will now be asked to make a decision as to the MOJ conduct since 31 May 2019.

The only assumption and conclusion that can be made from the serious delay and lack of disclosure is that they do not have the correct authorisation.

Yours faithfully,

Deb Williams