Emotions at work – New Law Journal
‘Dermot Feenan explores the topic of judicial tears.’
New Law Journal, 26th November 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Category: judiciary
Court of Appeal: costs judges have wide discretion over costs of Solicitors Act assessments – Litigation Futures
‘Costs judges have a broad discretion when considering what amount to “special circumstances” that allow them to depart from the “one-fifth” rule on the costs of a Solicitors Act assessment, the Court of Appeal has decided.’
Litigation Futures, 19th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: The Centrality of Justice – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice, “The Centrality of Justice: Its contribution to Society, and its Delivery” The Lord Williams of Mostyn Memorial Lecture on 10 November 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Lady Hale: supreme court should be ashamed if diversity does not improve – The Guardian
‘The UK’s supreme court should be “ashamed” if it does not radically improve its diversity in the next round of judicial appointments, according to its only female judge, Lady Justice Hale.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Speech by Lady Justice Arden: International and European Law: A view from the Bench – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Lady Justice Arden gave the keynote speech at the Government Legal Department International Conference on 15 October 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 5th November 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Michael Gove hints at possible scrapping of criminal courts charge – The Guardian
‘Michael Gove has given his broadest hint so far that he is seeking to ditch the highly unpopular criminal courts charge and could give magistrates and judges discretion over its enforcement.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Giving judges power to grant spying warrants instead of ministers would be ‘glib’ says ex anti-terror adviser – The Independent
‘Putting judges in charge of issuing surveillance warrants would fail because they lack the sufficient knowledge of national security issues, the Government’s former anti-terror adviser has said.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice – Temple Women’s Forum
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice (PDF)
Temple Women’s Forum, 19th October 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Quotas ‘demeaning’ to women and minority groups – Leveson – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The president of the Queen’s Bench Division has branded quotas as “demeaning” to women and minority ethnic groups.
Sir Brian Leveson (pictured) waded into the controversial debate over quotas ahead of the publication of a government-backed report that could put law firms under new pressure to promote women in senior posts.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th October 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Speech by President of the Queen’s Bench Division: Justice for the 21st Century – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division gave the Caroline Weatherill Lecture “Justice for the 21st Century” in the Isle of Man on 9 October 2015.’
Courts and Tribunals Judicairy, 12th October 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Number of female judges in UK ‘snowballing’ despite equality row – The Guardian
‘The rate at which women are being appointed judges is gathering momentum in a “snowball effect”, ensuring gender equality on the bench is not that far away despite remarks by supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption – so says a female judge involved in judicial selection.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Joshua Folkard: Horizontal Direct Effect of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the English Courts – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘The Court of Appeal has recently pronounced (twice) that some provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union have horizontal direct effect. These decisions provide some guidance as to the legal and constitutional status of the Charter (at least from an English perspective). The Court of Appeal in both cases held that this conclusion required the disapplication of primary UK legislation. These decisions therefore raise an issue as to the appropriate balance of power between Parliament and English judges.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
No rush for more women at the top of the legal profession, says senior judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Lord Sumption claims rushing to achieve equality could damage the judiciary.’
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Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice: Judicial independence in a changing constitutional landscape – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by the Lord Chief Justice to the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges, 15th September 2015 Association.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 17th September 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Diversity in the judiciary by Clive Coleman on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘On Monday 27 July 2015 Clive Coleman from the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme spoke to judges about diversity in the judiciary.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 8th September 2015
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Unfair (banking/credit) Relationships – Relief under Sections 140A–140D of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 – No. 5 Chambers
‘Under sections 140A-140D of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 credit transactions may be re-opened as a matter of judicial discretion. These wide judicial powers were added to the Act in 2006 (and came into force on 6 April 2007) in substitution of the previous, more limited, “extortionate credit bargains” regime which had routinely failed to provide an effective remedy to borrowers and guarantors seeking to challenge the terms of their agreement with the lender.’
No. 5 Chambers, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.no5.com
Smashing stereotypes, childcare and class snobbery: My life as a female judge – Daily Telegraph
‘New figures show there are more judges under 40 than ever in Britain – and more than half of them are women. Here, Marilyn Mornington, who became a judge at 40, explains what it’s like being a woman at the top of the law.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
