‘The court modernisation project ends this month with the “very disappointing” outcome of only 23% of civil cases being digital end to end, the Master of the Rolls told MPs this week.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An almost all-female legal team is working out how to challenge a refusal to investigate allegations of intimidating, sexist and discriminatory conduct by a male judge.’
Legal Futures, 17th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A UN judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave who she “exploited and abused”. Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her status” over the victim in the “most egregious way” by preventing her from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare without payment, prosecutors said.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued guidance for family judges on when, how and why to write to children in family court proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘As housing practitioners, an application we see regularly is for an injunction for access for gas safety checks. Over the last 3 months, 4 issues have been raised with me so I thought it was a good time to write an article on the subject.’
St Ives Chambers, 21st January 2025
Source: d23mtoo6rceerw.cloudfront.net
‘The latest Judicial Attitude Survey is published today (Monday 24 February 2025).’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 24th February 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The Lady Chief Justice, The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, held her annual press conference yesterday (Tuesday 18 February 2025).’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 19th February 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Sir Keir Starmer has found himself in a row with the most senior judge in England and Wales after criticising an immigration decision at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.’
The Independent, 19th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In Tickle & Anor v The BBC & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 4, the Court of Appeal considered the High Court’s decision to anonymise the names of several judges who had made decisions in historic care proceedings and private family law proceedings (“the historic proceedings”).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th February 2025
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The government’s decision to refuse an Afghan former judge’s application to move to the UK was “reasonable and correct”, the High Court has found.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The master of the rolls was preaching to the converted at the latest LawtechUK event. His message was clear: artificial intelligence is here to stay and the profession should be prepared to embrace it.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, gave a speech on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at the LawtechUK Generative AI Event in London.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th February 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a solicitor and his client’s bid to challenge the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office’s (JCIO) refusal to entertain their complaints about three Court of Appeal judges.’
Legal Futures, 4th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Three judges who oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother have now been named by a court. Judge Alison Raeside, Judge Peter Nathan and Judge Sally Williams were named on Friday as the three judges who were all involved in family court proceedings related to the care of the 10-year-old between 2013 and 2019 after a Court of Appeal ruling overturned a ban on the media identifying them.’
The Independent, 31st January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal brought by two journalists against a judge’s decision to order the anonymisation of the names of the circuit judges that had decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif, who was murdered by her father and step-mother in 2023.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three judges that oversaw Sara Sharif’s family court cases before she was murdered by her father and stepmother, can be named in seven days, a court has ruled.’
The Independent, 24th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lady Hale discusses with Rosalind English the development of the right to privacy, reflects in her career in academia and the Law Commission, and ponders on the position of women in the legal profession today.’
Law Pod UK, 20th January 2025
Source: audioboom.com
‘An order made by a High Court judge to restrain the naming of judges who sat in proceedings concerning the late Sara Sharif, who was murdered by her father and stepmother, infringed upon the principle of open justice ‘in a manner that is without any known precedent’, the Court of Appeal heard today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th January 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The former president of the supreme court has said parents are being deprived of their human rights by having to fight for contact with their children without lawyers.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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