“Constitutional reforms that have taken effect over the past seven years ‘may be eroding something rather important’, the lord chief justice of England and Wales told peers on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Judge has paid a thief’s £1 debt to the court out of his own pocket because he does not agree with the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The lord chief justice has voiced opposition to the government’s plan to allow the filming of sentencing in the Crown court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A senior judge has warned magistrates to maintain their distance from police and crime commissioners (PCCs), in the latest demonstration of unease about the recently elected new posts.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Space Airconditiong plc v Guy and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 1664; [2012] WLR (D) 384
“Where a judge had been informed by counsel that he had reached his decision by an obvious mistake of fact in his handed down judgment and had admitted it to be so, then, unless there was a very good reason not to do so, the judge had a duty to correct his judgment to put the record right.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) heard appeals against conviction and sentence more quickly last year than in previous years according to the Court’s annual report published today (Tuesday 11 December).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Privacy and the internet (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Leveson
Communications Law Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 7th December 2012
Source: wwww.judiciary.gov.uk
“Changes are in the pipeline for the sentencing of sex offenders. But what principles govern how long a criminal is jailed for?”
BBC News, 6th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A crown court judge who said that burglars needed ‘a huge amount of courage’ has been formally reprimanded by the Office for Judicial Complaints.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mr Justice Ryder is interviewed by Zimran Samuel, barrister, of 9 St John Street Chambers about the modernisation of the family justice system.”
Family Law Week, 29th November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A senior judge demanded to know which ‘genius’ decided to charge a householder for holding knife while protecting his home despite none of the armed yobs being arrested.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge is to retire as head of the judiciary next year, the Judicial Office said.”
The Independent, 21st November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Five leading judges are to rule on appeals by four convicted criminals against their whole-life tariffs.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Proportionality: the way ahead? (PDF)
Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Arden DBE
United Kingdom Association of European Law Annual Address, 12th November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Immigration lawyers who lodge last minute meritless legal challenges against removals are an ‘intolerable waste of public money’ and will be name and shamed, one of the country’s most senior judges has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Current Thinking of the Judiciary (PDF)
Keynote address by the Senior Presiding Judge
Bond Solon Conference on Expert Witnesses, 9th November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 has created the office of Chief Coroner, plucked at the very last minute from the Coalition’s ‘bonfire of the quangos’. On Friday, the first Chief Coroner, His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC, delivered The Howard League for Penal Reform’s 2012 Parmoor Lecture.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights runs in 47 countries, but it is criticised most overtly and regularly in Britain. The outgoing president asks why.”
The Independent, 24th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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