“Quotas for ethnic minority and women judges could be part of new proposals aimed at improving ‘diversity’ in the judiciary. Baroness Julia Neuberger, a government adviser, said she wanted to remove ‘blockages’ faced by applicants for judicial posts and make judges more representative of society.”
The Independent, 29th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judges are up in arms over changes to the justice system, says Judge Isobel Plumstead, of the Council of Circuit Judges.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that accommodation for High Court judges is costing taxpayers £5.5 million a year.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two judges fighting to work beyond the age of 70 have lost their case, the Tribunals Service has said. ”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The English judiciary has long been regarded as a bastion of conservative mores and sartorial continuity. So when, 10 months ago, former designer of the year Betty Jackson ripped up 300 years of tradition by introducing a new robe for some of England’s most trenchant legal minds, her chutzpah raised eyebrows far beyond the High Court.”
The Independent, 27th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Lord Chancellor will soon be announcing who will fill the vacancies on the new supreme court, which begins work in October when the law lords move across Parliament Square to Middlesex Guildhall. There is a very strong case for increasing the retirement age for supreme court justices from 70 to 75. In 1916 the Earl of Halsbury heard a case on the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords at 92. The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 now provides that judges must retire at 70. There is an exception for those first appointed to a judicial office before March 31, 1995. They can continue working until 75.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The body which represents 652 judges in England and Wales has attacked government proposals to introduce compulsory guidelines on sentences.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An attempt to force the names of misbehaving judges into the open will be launched tomorrow in a groundbreaking freedom of information case.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The economic recession could hit efforts to broaden the make-up of the judiciary to bring in candidates from less traditional backgrounds, Britain’s most senior judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 12th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges in England and Wales are holding their first conference to try to increase the number of women and people from ethnic minorities in their ranks.”
BBC News, 11th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The British are the most spied upon people in the democratic world, but only the judiciary can restrain parliament.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The wheels of justice famously grind slow – but these days there are limits even to judicial slowness. More than 2,000 judges in England and Wales have been issued with a deadline for delivering their judgments and if they are late, must explain why.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
O’Brien v Department for Constitutional Affairs
Court of Appeal
“A part-time fee-paid judicial office holder was not entitled to claim that he had been subjected to less favourable treatment when he was refused a pension on retirement from office.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Judges are pressing for a change in the law to allow the most senior members of their profession to remain in their posts beyond the age of 70.”
The Times, 2nd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“It carries a knighthood, prestige and authority. But it is seen as lonely, fusty and male-dominated, with a culture of ‘male self-confidence and intellectual posturing’.”
The Times, 13th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The judiciary is losing out on some of the best talent in the legal profession because the work of a High Court judge is perceived as fusty, old-fashioned and underpaid. ”
The Times, 8th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Another v Office of Communications
Court of Appeal
“An appeal from a decision of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of judicial review and not to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Dicey Revisited: Separation of powers for the 21st century.”
Full speech (PDF)
The Judiciary of England and Wales, 28th November 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“In 1900, the editor of the Birmingham Daily Argos was fined £100 by the Lord Chief Justice for describing Mr Justice Darling as an ‘impudent little man in horsehair’. The editor avoided a prison sentence for ‘personal scurrilous abuse of a judge’ only because of his abject apology. Today, we rightly take a more tolerant approach to criticism of the judiciary. But the critical comments by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, about the judgments of Mr Justice Eady in privacy cases raise important questions about how judges should respond.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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