“Senior judges have backed the Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips’ criticisms of the new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after an emergency meeting of the Judge’s Council was held yesterday (15 May).”
The Lawyer, 16th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A deal is expected to be struck between the Lord Chancellor and the judiciary to resolve the crisis over the new Ministry of Justice before next week’s showdown meeting before Parliament.”
The Times, 17th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor has been forced to disclose that he holds a list of judges disciplined for misuse of their computers, including viewing pornography.”
The Times, 17th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges at all levels will call on the Government today to withdraw what they see as the threat to judicial independence posed by the new Ministry of Justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The judiciary last night set itself on a collision course with the Lord Chancellor when an unprecedented ‘council of war’ unanimously backed demands for constitutional safeguards to protect the position of judges under the Ministry of Justice.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Senior judges will today consider whether to issue an unprecedented condemnation of the new Ministry of Justice, launched last week without the constitutional safeguards they regard as essential.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who was cleared of rape after a complaint that a judge fell asleep at his trial later raped two other young women, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has launched a mission to investigate the arrest of Pakistan’s top judge.”
The Lawyer, 30th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Senior judges have warned Lord Falconer that they will not support the planned Ministry of Justice unless he guarantees their financial independence in the next six days.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“If there’s a theme to his coming year in office it has to be judge power. District Judge Michael Tennant favours judges having powers to enforce orders for contact with children when flouted by parents; he favours judges being in charge of a case from start to finish; and above all he would like more resources for the courts — although that one, he accepts, is likely to remain on his wish list.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An immigration judge involved in an alleged blackmail love triangle has been paid more than £58,000 for staying at home since a formal investigation began into his behaviour, it emerged yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“There must be many who read Francis Gibb’s article Advice line is set up for lonely judges in The Times on March 26 and thought it was a case of our “touchy-feely” society reaching new heights, or depths. Certainly the wry editorial in the same edition did not take it too seriously and one can understand why. How could those who are often accused of causing depression and misery to others be worthy of a helping hand themselves?”
The Times, 12th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges fear nothing – apart from other judges. And quite understandably so, as a personal telling off from a higher-ranking judge can cause public humiliation.”
The Lawyer, 9th April 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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