“The judiciary is undertaking a review of those recommendations made by Lord Justice Jackson that have not yet been implemented, it has emerged.”
Litigation Futures, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.litigation.com
“Yesterday, before His Honour Judge Peter Murphy ruled that a female Muslim defendant in a criminal trial must remove her face-covering veil (niqaab) whilst giving evidence, Home Office Minister Jeremy Brown said he was ‘instinctively uneasy’ about restricting religious freedoms, but that there should be a national debate over banning the burka.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“New regulations are about to speed up complaints against judges, but Lord Carlile is calling for a new inspectorate.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Judicial Diversity Taskforce has published its third report, which outlines the progress achieved since the previous report.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“The time has arrived to create a ‘small’ inspectorate – led by a High Court judge – that will evaluate judges’ courtroom performance, Lord Carlile QC has argued.”
Litigation Futures, 9th September 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Yesterday Sir Nicolas Bratza spoke candidly about the responsibility of certain UK politicians and media outlets in tarnishing this countries human rights legacy. He called on lawyers and NGOs to help rekindle the fire for human rights at home.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th September 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The outgoing lord chief justice has called for action to reverse a decline in the number of solicitors applying for judicial posts. In his last annual report, published today, Lord Judge says ‘it is a matter of concern’ that there has been a decrease in the proportion of successful candidates with a professional background of solicitor.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The judge who had heard a substantive application would almost always be the right judge to deal with consequential issues as to costs, even if he had made findings adverse to a party in the course of reaching his conclusion. However, exceptional circumstances might arise where there was apparent bias stemming from the facts of the case which meant that the judge should have recused himself from dealing with the issue of costs.”
WLR Daily, 14th August 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Child victims of sexual abuse will have their cases tried by a hand picked panel of specialist judges to give them more protection in criminal trials, the Lord Chief Justice is expected to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims of crime are being put through unnecessary extra stress because of a ‘crisis’ caused by a lack of judges at Leicester Crown Court, lawyers claim.”
BBC News, 26th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State’s Directions for Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 18th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Sir John Thomas, president of the queen’s bench division, is to become the next lord chief justice of England and Wales, Downing Street has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Non-selection of Lady Justice Hallett shows panel was not swayed by idea that it would be good to have a woman at the top.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This evidence-pack reports on the diversity of recommendations made by the JAC along gender and ethnicity for the court and tribunal judiciary. It compares this diversity against different standards, including the eligible pool and recommendations made prior to the formation of the JAC. It also looks at the change in diversity among the sitting judiciary since the formation of the JAC and shows how much work there is left to do before we have a truly representative judiciary.”
Evidence pack (Powerpoint)
Judicial Appointments Commission, 13th June 2013
Source: www.jac.judiciary.gov.uk
“The government and judicial office must overhaul training, advice to litigants and the nature of the court process itself to deal with thousands more litigants in person (LIPs), a judicial working group has concluded.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th July 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Speech given by Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP. Originally given at Judges Dinner 2013.This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ slightly from the delivered version.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“The Judicial Working Group on Litigants in Person – Report, July 2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Lord Mayor’s Banquet to Her Majesty’s Judges, speech by Lord Judge, 3 July 2013.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 5th July 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Lord Judge uses lord mayor’s dinner to advise against taking judicial independence for granted.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior judge in England and Wales has warned technological advances and other reforms could allow creeping totalitarianism to develop in Britain unless judicial independence is protected.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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