Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Friday, 25th October, 2019 12.30 pm, NEW

Venue: Aldermens' Court - Mezzanine West Wing, Guildhall. View directions

Contact: Lorraine Brook
tel. no.: 020 7332 1409 Email: lorraine.brook@cityoflondon.gov.uk

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Question - That the minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded? PDF 122 KB

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Minutes:

Resolved:- That the minutes of the last Court of Aldermen held on 3^rd September 2019 are correctly recorded.

The minutes of the Court of Common Council were laid upon the table of the Court.

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Resolutions on Retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials, etc.

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Minutes:

(i) Congratulatory Resolution to His Honour Judge Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard Q.C.

Resolved Unanimously:-That the sincere congratulations of this Court be offered to His Honour Judge Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard Q.C. on his recent appointment by Her Majesty the Queen as a High Court Judge.

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Mr Chamberlain's List of Applicants for Freedom of the City

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Helen Elizabeth Chandler		an Accountant		Newbury, Berkshire		Bakers
John Paul Ledwidge		a Property Developer		Ongar, Essex		Chartered Surveyors
Nicholas Stephen Mackenzie		a Brewing Company Chief Executive Officer		Buckinghamshire		Brewers
Laurence Robert Nicholson Thackwray		a Civil Servant		Catford		Haberdashers
Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Elizabeth Moffatt Lamb		an Army Doctor		Wandsworth		Barbers
Toby Fitch Lansdell		an Accountant		Dorrington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire		Founders
Michel Herve Charles Mossessian		a Chartered Architect		Kensington		Chartered Architects
Prof. Nachiappan Chockalingam		an Engineer		Wychwood Park, Weston, Crewe, Cheshire		Engineers
Anne Elizabeth Ashworth		a Publishing Apprentice Head		Purley, Surrey		Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Bushra Khanam Nasir, CBE DL		an Educational Trust Chief Executive Officer		Leytonstone		Drapers
Simon John Wilkie		a Tax Advisor		Wargrave, Reading		Apothecaries
Dr Catherine Lindsay Raines		a Chief Executive Officer		Maida Vale		International Bankers
Cai George Thomas Mullins		a Sales Manager		Streatham		Innholders
Nia Charlotte Van Der Pauw		a Teacher		Streatham		Innholders
Andrew Miles Lambert		a Chartered Engineer		Headley Down, Hampshire		Wheelwrights
Daniel James Curtis		an Architectural Technologist		Dullingham, Newmarket, Suffolk		Constructors
Tom Herbert Hutley		a Hackney Carriage Driver		Braintree, Essex		Hackney Carriage Drivers
Thomas Theodore Martin		a Banker		Histon, Cambridge		International Bankers
Matthew Charles Cherrill		a Regulatory Analyst		Chatham, Kent		International Bankers
Richard Paul Starr		a Chartered Surveyor		Hampstead		Basketmakers
Julian Michael Agnew		a Chief Investment Officer		Stroud Green		Chartered Surveyors
Her Honour Judge Sarah Belinda McLeod Munro, QC		a Senior Circuit Judge		Hampshire		Ironmongers
David Robert Tudor		a Chartered Surveyor		Chipstead, Surrey		Chartered Surveyors
Dr. Sorin-Ionut Balaban		a Geo-Chemist		Walthamstow		Scientific Instrument Makers
Patricia Mary Keith Underwood Moynihan		a Hat Designer, retired		Kensington and Chelsea		Gunmakers
Alan Nathan Freedman		a Solicitor, retired		Hendon		Musicians
Richard Charles Tanner		a Fund Manager		Chippenham, Wiltshire		Chartered Surveyors
Naureen Karim Shariff		a Solicitor		Finchley		Solicitors
Rebecca Jane Worthington		a Company Director		Wargrave, Berkshire

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and fifty-two persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City Accordingly, as follows:-

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Helen Elizabeth Chandler		an Accountant		Newbury, Berkshire		Bakers
John Paul Ledwidge		a Property Developer		Ongar, Essex		Chartered Surveyors
Nicholas Stephen Mackenzie		a Brewing Company Chief Executive Officer		Buckinghamshire		Brewers
Laurence Robert Nicholson Thackwray		a Civil Servant		Catford		Haberdashers
Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Elizabeth Moffatt Lamb		an Army Doctor		Wandsworth		Barbers
Toby Fitch Lansdell		an Accountant		Dorrington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire		Founders
Michel Herve Charles Mossessian		a Chartered Architect		Kensington		Chartered Architects
Prof. Nachiappan Chockalingam		an Engineer		Wychwood Park, Weston, Crewe, Cheshire		Engineers
Anne Elizabeth Ashworth		a Publishing Apprentice Head		Purley, Surrey		Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Bushra Khanam Nasir, CBE DL		an Educational Trust Chief Executive Officer		Leytonstone		Drapers
Simon John Wilkie		a Tax Advisor		Wargrave, Reading		Apothecaries
Dr Catherine Lindsay Raines		a Chief Executive Officer		Maida Vale		International Bankers
Cai George Thomas Mullins		a Sales Manager		Streatham		Innholders
Nia Charlotte Van Der Pauw		a Teacher		Streatham		Innholders
Andrew Miles Lambert		a Chartered Engineer		Headley Down, Hampshire		Wheelwrights
Daniel James Curtis		an Architectural Technologist		Dullingham, Newmarket, Suffolk		Constructors
Tom Herbert Hutley		a Hackney Carriage Driver		Braintree, Essex		Hackney Carriage Drivers
Thomas Theodore Martin		a Banker		Histon, Cambridge		International Bankers
Matthew Charles Cherrill		a Regulatory Analyst		Chatham, Kent		International Bankers
Richard Paul Starr		a Chartered Surveyor		Hampstead		Basketmakers
Julian Michael Agnew		a Chief Investment Officer		Stroud Green		Chartered Surveyors
Her Honour Judge Sarah Belinda McLeod Munro, QC		a Senior Circuit Judge		Rowlands Castle, Hampshire		Ironmongers
David Robert Tudor		a Chartered Surveyor		Chipstead, Surrey		Chartered Surveyors
Dr. Sorin-Ionut Balaban		a Geo-Chemist		Walthamstow		Scientific Instrument Makers
Patricia Mary Keith Underwood Moynihan		a Hat Designer, retired

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Applications of the Following to be admitted as Freemen of the City, and in the Companies Named:-

Name Company

Michael Hamilton Musicians

Hugo Hawksley Fitzthomas Summerson Musicians

Graham Watkins Blacksmiths

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Minutes:

Applications of the following to be recorded as Freemen of the City, and in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Michael Hamilton Musicians

Hugo Hawksley Fitzthomas Summerson Musicians

Graham Watkins Blacksmiths

Read and agreed to.

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Letters:-

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Minutes:

The Town Clerk lay before the Court a letter of surrender of Office from Alderman Peter Estlin offering to surrender his Office of Alderman for the Ward of Coleman Street, and a letter of surrender of Office from Alderman Vincent Keaveny offering to surrender his Office of Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Within.

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Report:-

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Minutes:

Report:- General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

(i) Elections – Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of the Standing Committees

Resolved:- That-

(i) the “first meetings” of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen and the privileges Committee of Aldermen take place in July each year, with effect from July 2020, at which the Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen shall be elected in accordance with Standing Orders 7,10 and 11;

(ii) the Court of Aldermen’s Standing Orders be revised accordingly;

(iii) the term of office of the serving Chairman of the privileges Committee of Aldermen (Alderman Sir Alan Yarrow) be extended to July 2020 to enable him to oversee implementation of any potential changes to the Aldermanic Appraisal arrangements, following the independent review, which is currently underway;

(iv) the term of office of the serving Chairman of the General Purposed Committee of Aldermen (Alderman Sir David Wootton) be extended to July 2020; and

(v) delegated authority be granted to the Chairman in consultation with Alderman Alison Gowman and Alderman David Graves to finalise the wording of the revised Standing Orders.

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