Old Bailey hears how judge wrestled defendant to the floor – The Guardian
“Court hears how Paul Reid’s alleged escape bid was thwarted by a double rugby-tackle from judge Douglas Marks Moore.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: judges
My legal hero: Lord Leslie Scarman – The Guardian
“The man best known for conducting the Brixton riots inquiry has a greater legacy – his work to introduce human rights legislation in the UK – by Ruth Deech.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Top judge complains about ‘sex with corpses’ rules – Daily Telegraph
“Parliament is burdening the courts with too many laws and rules on sentencing, including detailed guidelines for dealing with necrophilia, England’s most senior judge has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Neuberger endorses accreditation scheme – Law Society’s Gazette
“The master of the rolls has given judicial backing to the proposed quality assurance for advocates (QAA) scheme, saying judges are the ‘ultimate consumers’ of advocacy services and are well placed to assess quality.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Judge reprimanded for alleged anti-Israel comments – Daily Telegraph
“Judge George Bathurst-Norman was disciplined following an investigation in to comments made at the end of a trial of seven activists who sabotaged equipment at a Brighton factory they claimed was making parts for Israeli warplanes.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Is the family justice system in need of review? – Speech by Lord Justice Wall, President of the Family Division
“Is the family justice system in need of review? – Speech by Lord Justice Wall, President of the Family Division, 19th September 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 19th September 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Judge’s veiled criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza causes a legal dilemma – The Guardian
“As the legal establishment gears up for the new legal term starting at the end of next week, two of its leading figures must decide whether to do anything about a case that caused widespread concern during the summer.”
The Guardian, 23rd September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baroness Brenda Hale: “I often ask myself ‘why am I here?’ – The Guardian
“Supreme court judge, Baroness Brenda Hale, on the highlight of the court’s first year, selling bottled water and becoming known as ‘Ms Diversity.’ ”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mr Justice Eady to be replaced as senior judge on libel and privacy – The Independent
“Mr Justice Eady, whose rulings form much of the backbone of UK privacy law, is to hand over responsibility for defamation and privacy cases. From the beginning of October, his role as the senior media judge in England and Wales will be inherited by Mr Justice Tugendhat.”
The Independent, 15th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tributes to Lord Bingham, ‘the greatest judge of our time’ – The Guardian
“Human Rights campaigners and lawyers are mourning the former senior law lord Lord Bingham, regarded as one of the most brilliant and courageous lawyers of his generation, and described as a ‘towering figure.’ ”
The Guardian, 12th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court judge brands welfare tender ‘irrational’ – Law Society Gazette
“A High Court judge has … branded some of the criteria used by the Legal Services Commission in its recent social welfare tender ‘utterly absurd and totally irrational’.”
Law Society Gazette, 26th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
My legal hero: Lord Bingham of Cornhill – The Guardian
“Lord Bingham is Britain’s most distinguished legal mind who has dissected and discredited many affronts to our liberty.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge slams police after teacher is acquitted of kissing a friend – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has criticised the police after a part-time teacher was put on trial for giving a female friend an unwanted kiss, telling officers they should be concentrating on catching robbers and violent thugs.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge’s fury at ‘insolent’ hoodie – Daily Telegraph
“Recorder Alun Jenkins QC warned barristers that any young defendants who fail to address him properly or to bow when entering court may be locked away immediately with their cases suspended.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Torture inquiry chairman is ‘compromised’ – BBC News
“The judge leading the inquiry into claims UK security services colluded in the torture of terror suspects abroad must be removed, a charity has said.”
BBC News, 20th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
Al-Jedda v Secretary of State for Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 758; [2010] WLR (D) 182
“The claimant’s right under Iraqi law not to be deprived of his liberty ‘except in accordance with the law and based on a decision by a competent judicial authority’ and his right not to be kept in custody ‘except according to a judicial decision’ were not infringed by his internment without trial until 30 December 2007 after arrest by British forces in Basra on 10 October 2004. The essence of the internee’s constitutional rights did not require that his detention be sanctioned by a judge either at its outset or on its continuation, but consisted rather in having the decision made by a person with judicial qualities.”
WLR Daily, 14th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Judge Gerald Price QC resigns following sex claim – BBC News
“A senior circuit judge has resigned after claims about his private life.”
BBC News, 12th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Munby calls for more openness in family courts – Law Society’s Gazette
“Legislation intended to open up the family courts is a ‘lost opportunity’ that will fail to bring about the openness needed to improve confidence in family proceedings, a leading judge has said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Results of Cherie Blair inquiry ‘were covered up’ – The Independent
“The body which investigates complaints against judges has been accused of covering up the full extent of an investigation into Cherie Blair over her decision to hand down a lenient sentence to a convicted man because he was ‘a religious person’.”
The Independent, 21st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Saville — an outstanding legal mind defined by Bloody Sunday inquiry –
“It is an irony of the Bloody Sunday inquiry that the most expensive and long judicial investigation in history was chaired by a judge chosen for his efficiency.”
The Times, 14th June 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
