The UK Jurisdictions After 2019 – Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court
The UK Jurisdictions After 2019 (PDF)
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court
Lecture to the Faculty of Advocates, 20th June 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Category: judiciary
‘Strong judiciary’ pledge as Lidington sworn in as lord chancellor – Law Society’s Gazette
‘David Lidington MP today [19 June] told the most senior legal figures in England and Wales that he will be ‘resolute and unflinching’ as lord chancellor in upholding the rule of law and defending the independence of the judiciary.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th June 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Leading female lawyers among cadre of new deputy High Court judges – Litigation Futures
‘Twenty one new deputy High Court judges were appointed yesterday, of whom a third were women – among them a senior government solicitor, the vice-chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and an academic.’
Litigation Futures, 24th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Lionel Cohen Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: The judiciary within the state – governance and cohesion of the judiciary – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Lionel Cohen Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: The judiciary within the state – governance and cohesion of the judiciary.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Not “wrong in law” for judges to change transcripts – Litigation Futures
‘It is not “wrong in law” for judges to amend transcripts of judgments to better explain the reasons behind their decisions, the High Court has held.’
Litigation Futures, 19th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
The Jill Poole Memorial Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: Keeping commercial law up to date – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘The Jill Poole Memorial Lecture by the Lord Chief Justice: Keeping commercial law up to date.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
President’s guidance: Judicial Cooperation with Serious Case Reviews – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Guidance issued by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division on 2 May 2017.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Rachel Jones: Increasing Judicial Diversity – A Constitutional Imperative? – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Tuesday marked the launch of JUSTICE’s Working Party report, Increasing judicial diversity. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, spoke at the event, alongside Chair of the Working Party and leading public law barrister Nathalie Lieven QC. She urged those present to take up the report’s vision, and outlined recommendations for systemic, long-term change. Attendees included policy-makers, practitioners and members of the senior judiciary.
This post offers some brief reasons to support the report’s key contention: the current lack of gender, ethnic and social diversity in our highest courts is indeed a serious constitutional issue. With this in mind, the article then turns to consider some of the report’s key recommendations.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 27th April 2017
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
Lack of diversity among UK senior judiciary is ‘serious constitutional issue’ – The Guardian
‘The senior judiciary is dominated by privately educated white men and may need “targets with teeth” – if not quotas – to improve diversity on the bench, a report by senior lawyers has warned.’
The Guardian, 25th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal warns judges against interrupting witness evidence too much – Litigation Futures
‘The Chancellor of the High Court has urged judges to “temper eagerness with restraint” in the way they conduct trials, after a circuit judge was found to have made excessive interventions while witnesses were giving evidence.’
Litigation Futures, 10th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
You’ve got bail: judge lets lawyer off over beeping phone – The Guardian
‘The sudden trilling of a mobile phone amid the solemn atmosphere of a court hearing often leads to stern glances from the bench and cringing embarrassment from the offender. But Mr Justice Holman, one of the longest-serving high court judges in England and Wales, responded to an electronic interruption from one lawyer’s device in the family court on Thursday with compassionate forbearance.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice Secretary Liz Truss ‘could be stripped of Lord Chancellor role’ after series of mishaps – The Independent
‘Cabinet ministers are reportedly urging Theresa May to sack Liz Truss from her role as Lord Chancellor after a series of embarrassing mistakes.’
The Independent, 6th April 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Allow judiciary to work until 75, says Britain’s most senior judge – The Guardian
‘Judges should be allowed to sit beyond the age of 70 to ease the growing problem of judicial recruitment, the UK’s most senior judge, Lord Neuberger, has said.’
The Guardian, 29th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judicial Bias Considered” – Zenith PI Blog
‘In Willmott–v- Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (2017) EWCA Civ 181 the Court of Appeal considered whether a Judge’s comment during a clinical negligence trial had the objective appearance of bias or prejudging the evidence.’
Zenith PI Blog, 28th March 2017
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
Lord chief justice attacks Liz Truss for failing to back article 50 judges – The Guardian
‘The lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has launched a forthright attack on the justice secretary, Liz Truss, for her failure last year to defend judges who were branded “enemies of the people”.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: City of London Solicitors’ Company – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: City of London Solicitors’ Company.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th March 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Munby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The most senior family judge has stepped into the controversy over press attacks on the judiciary, telling solicitors that judges should not have to justify their rulings – while conjuring a dystopian vision of judges being hauled on to Newsnight to defend themselves.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th March 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
