Ken Clarke hits back over secret courts – The Guardian
“Clarke insists that under the justice and security bill nothing currently heard in open court would be moved to closed court.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: judiciary
Why we allow dissent – by our judges – UK Human Rights Blog
“Why do judges disagree and publish their disagreements when cases get decided? After all, the Cabinet does not do so (openly at least), and our FTSE-100 companies do not generally do so, when their executives propose a merger or launch a new product. Surely, judicial dissent is a recipe for diminishing the authority of the majority answer, and an invitation to self-indulgence on the part of the minority to re-fight lost and irrelevant battles.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Facebook and Twitter sentences: Are judges out of touch with social media? – BBC News
“A 12-week prison sentence given to a man who posted offensive comments on Facebook about missing April Jones and Madeleine McCann has been criticised by legal commentators as disproportionate. But are judges and magistrates out of touch when it comes to social media?”
BBC News, 10th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Calling media lawyers: the bench needs you – The Guardian
“Senior high court judge Michael Tugendhat says media lawyers have a duty to seek judicial appointments.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
5RB Conference: Keynote address – Speech by Mr Justice Tugendhat
5RB Conference: Keynote address (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Tugendhat
5RB Conference, 27th September 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Free press is ‘essential ingredient’ for society, says Lord Chief Justice – Daily Telegraph
“A free press is just as important as an independent judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice has declared.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judicial pensions: will judges take Chris Grayling to court? – The Guardian
“Judicial appointments will only go to second-rate lawyers if the lord chancellor fails to do a deal that satisfies judges.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Transcript of the Lord Chief Justice’s Annual Press Conference 2012 – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Lord Chief Justice held his annual press conference on Thursday 27th September 2012 at the Royal Courts of Justice.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 27th September 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Supreme Court president calls for more partners to serve as part-time judges – Legal Week
“Outgoing Supreme Court president Lord Phillips has called for leading law firms to encourage more partners to sit as part-time judges, in a bid to increase the number of solicitors in the judiciary.”
Legal Week, 21st September 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
UK among worst in Europe for employing female judges – The Guardian
“The United Kingdom’s record of slowly improving judicial diversity has been dealt a severe blow by a comparative European report revealing that only Azerbaijan and Armenia employ fewer female professional judges. Despite what the study describes as a gradual ‘feminisation of the judiciary resulting in a near gender equality’ across the continent and its eastern borders, only 23% of judges in England and Wales and 21% of judges in Scotland are women.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid in England five times as generous as rest of Europe – Daily Telegraph
“Legal aid in England and Wales is five times as generous as the average in Europe, figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Female QC among trio of new High Court judge appointments – Legal Week
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced the latest round of High Court judges, with the appointment of 3 Stone Buildings’ Sarah Asplin QC set to double the number of women sitting in the Chancery Division.”
Legal Week, 11th September 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
Chris Grayling, justice secretary: non-lawyer and ‘on the up’ politician – The Guardian
“Grayling’s main qualifications for justice minister are that he is perceived to be right-wing and once shadowed prisons.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Let the judges blog – UK Human Rights Blog
“The legal blogosphere has been aflame this week with the news, first published on a magistrate’s blog, that the Senior Presiding Judge has sent new guidance to judges banning them from blogging in their judicial capacity. The SPJ has also threatened disciplinary action unless they remove existing content with breaches the new rules.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judges and professors – Ships passing in the night? – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judges and professors – Ships passing in the night? (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Max Planck Institute, 9th July 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Judiciary silenced out of court – The Guardian
“Judges and magistrates have been banned from blogging about their jobs. This is not helpful.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Magistrates banned from standing in police commissioner elections – The Guardian
“Plans for the first police commissioner elections this autumn have been thrown into fresh disarray with the disclosure that magistrates – who make up a significant number of the candidates – have been banned from standing.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice reforms have increased burden on judiciary, says LCJ – Law Society’s Gazette
“Reforms to the efficiency of the administration of justice have increased the burdens on the judiciary at a time when their pay and pension packages are being cut, according to a report from the lord chief justice, Igor Judge.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th August 2012
Source: www.gazette.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice’s Report laid before House of Lords – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The latest Lord Chief Justice’s Report has been laid before the House of Lords.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 3rd August 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Judge decides that Jewish girl could be baptised – UK Human Rights Blog
“Judges have to get involved in disputes on divorce, of which the current case is an exquisitely difficult example. Its facts are very simple. C was 10. Her parents and grandparents are Jewish. Her father is a Christian convert, and C wanted to be baptised. Her mother did not want this. She said father had brainwashed C, and it was premature. Mother went to court to stop any baptism proceeding until C was 16. The Court could not simply wash its hands of the case; that would encourage self-help taken by one or other parent, to the lasting resentment of the other.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
