Mr Justice Flaux has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as judge in charge of the Commercial Court with effect from 3 July. The media release is here.

Anything I know about him is anecdotal, but anecdote suggests that he is rather more alive to the commercial imperatives of clients and their lawyers than some of his judicial colleagues, knows that “active management” implies something proactive, and knows that technology has moved on a bit since he was a pupil. We shall see.