Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Gemma Stokley  Email: gemma.stokley@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Question - that the Minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded? pdf icon PDF 62 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 18th July 2022 were correctly recorded.

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2.

Resolutions on retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

Minutes:

3.

Presentation of new Alderman-Elect for the Ward of Bridge and Bridge Without

Minutes:

Timothy Levene was presented to the Court of Aldermen.

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4.

Applications for the Freedom of the City pdf icon PDF 153 KB

Minutes:

The Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and fifty-six 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

 

Dr Tariq Javaid Abbasi

a Communications Director

 

Bexleyheath, Kent

Communicators

Dr Zaheer Ahmad, MBE

a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Officer

 

Barking, Essex

Educators

 

Burhan Mahmood Al-Chalabi

a Property Management Company Director

 

East Dulwich

Wheelwrights

Ridade Samir Izzedin Al-Daghestani

an Artist

St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex

 

Upholders

Freya Jade Lucy May Allen

a Ladies Footwear Designer

Wetherby, West Yorkshire

 

Pattenmakers

Christopher James Andrews

a Senior Software Engineer

Southampton, Hampshire

 

Clockmakers

Derram Justin Attfield

an Executive Headhunter

 

Kennington

Bowyers

Jonathon Norman Backhouse

a Solicitor

Near Skipton, Lancashire

 

Carmen

Shahrukh Ryan Balgobin

a General Insurance Actuary

 

Harlesden

Actuaries

Dr Frederick George Barker

a Medical Practitioner, retired

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

Scientific Instrument Makers

 

Joshua Edward Barton

a Student

Sidcup, Kent

Plaisterers

 

Nicholas Jorg Baumgartner

 

a Lawyer

Archway

Musicians

Dr Stephen Bennett

a Historian and Insurance Managing Director

 

Farnham, Surrey

Farriers

Paul Martin Benscher

a Hardware and Electrical Retailer, retired

 

Woodford Green, Redbridge

Painter-Stainers

Anne Caroline Berridge-Sharp

a Dispensing Optician

 

Ferndown, Dorset

Spectacle Makers

 

Beatrice Amina Blakeman

a Saddle Fitting Business Owner

 

Cheshire

Saddlers

Joanna Ruth Bleasdale

a Communications Director

 

Wanstead

Communicators

John Robert Boyne-Aitken

a Professional Woodturner

Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Turners

Miles Arthur Bradbury

a Chartered Accountant

 

Bristol, Avon

Chartered Accountants

Hannah Rebecca Bunting

a Chartered Surveyor

 

Archway

Pewterers

Peter Aeneas Cameron

 

an Antique Dealer

Holborn

Goldsmiths

Jinyue Cao

a Tax Adviser

Woodford Green, Essex

 

Tax Advisers

Patrick Ker Carnie

an Energy and Marine Strategy Director

 

Edinburgh, Scotland

Shipwrights

Howard Charles Cattermole

a Chartered Manager for the Church of England

 

Chichester, West Sussex

Chartered Secretaries & Administrators

James David Healy Chesterman

 

a Solicitor

North Sheen

Solicitors

Nyasha

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5.

Application of the following for Translation of Mother Livery Company

Name                                            Companies

Nicholas Charles Ravenhall          World Traders to Distillers

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Minutes:

Application of the following to be recorded as having Translated their Mother Livery Company from the Company of Fruiterers to the Company of Skinners:

 

Name                                                                          Companies

Nicholas Charles Ravenhall                                       World Traders to Distillers

 

Read and Agreed to.

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6.

Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

Minutes:

Aldermanic Qualifications – Checks

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen relative to the introduction of checks in relation to Aldermanic qualifications.

 

It was recommended that the Court introduce a procedure based on the extant power of the Court of Aldermen post-election to examine and determine whether or not any person returned as Alderman Elect is a fit and proper person and qualified for the office. The procedure proposed relies on the use of a statutory declaration that an AldermanElect is qualified for office. A declaration is required in respect of each qualification (with the exception of “not being an Alderman in another Ward” which is obviously known to the Court of Aldermen).

 

The procedure is designed to be effective, yet simple, proportionate and cost effective in terms of administration and minimises the processing of personal data. A statutory declaration is a declaration as to the truth of the facts and matters contained therein and made in accordance with the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. It is commonly used where relevant documents are not readily available.

 

Knowingly and wilfully making a statutory declaration that is false in a material particular is a serious criminal offence under s.5 of the Perjury Act 1911, carrying a sentence of up to 2 years imprisonment and/or a fine on conviction. A refusal to provide a statutory declaration as to qualification would be a reasonable ground for refusing to admit an Alderman Elect.

 

Resolved Unanimously: - That the Court of Aldermen adopt this new procedure with immediate effect to provide assurance that successful candidates satisfy the qualification requirements and instruct that appropriate amendments be made to the Corporation’s Elections guidance and the Wardmote Book to reflect this.

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