Masters of the Bench

Steven Whitaker was appointed the Senior Master and Queen’s Remembrancer in 2007.  Early on, he established a specialist list at the RCJ for mesothelioma claims which has attracted claims from throughout the jurisdiction.  The practice he introduced has been followed internationally and is now embodied in the CPR.  In 2006, he helped in drafting the amendments to the Compensation Bill to reverse the House of Lords decision Barker v Corus.  He was a member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee from 2002 to 2008.  He recently chaired a working party set up by the CPRC to recommend procedures in relation to e-disclosure which are now embodied in a practice direction.