Judicial review is increasingly essential, judges warn government – The Guardian
“Supreme court president and deputy strongly defend access to legal process as fundamental to rule of law.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: judges
Judge who jumped red light ‘wasted court resources’ – Daily Telegraph
“[The defendent] was caught racing through a Central London junction at more than double the speed limit but then spent almost a year trying to get the charge thrown out.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge condemns Salford University for failed libel case against ex-lecturer – Daily Telegraph
“Salford University, which charges students up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees
and axed 60 posts last year, was accused by a judge of abusing the High Court’s
processes in its actions against Dr Gary Duke.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Victorian child neglect laws in ‘urgent’ need of overhaul, warns Baroness Butler-Sloss – Daily Telegraph
“The current laws on child neglect are not fit for the 21st Century and in ‘urgent’ need of reform, Britain’s most senior authority on family law warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: The criminal law and child neglect: an independent analysis and proposal for reform (PDF)
Butler-Sloss condemns advice cuts – Law Society’s Gazette
“Removing funding for a service that helps litigants in person on the day wide-ranging legal aid cuts take effect will create ‘absolute disarray’ in the courts, a former head of the family division has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lord chief justice: changes to judiciary ‘eroding something important’ – The Guardian
“Constitutional reforms that have taken effect over the past seven years ‘may be eroding something rather important’, the lord chief justice of England and Wales told peers on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge pays thief’s £1 debt to court out of his own pocket – Daily Telegraph
“A Judge has paid a thief’s £1 debt to the court out of his own pocket because he does not agree with the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Judge ‘troubled’ by court camera plan – Law Society’s Gazette
“The lord chief justice has voiced opposition to the government’s plan to allow the filming of sentencing in the Crown court.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th January 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Keep new police commissioners at arm’s length, magistrates warned – The Guardian
“A senior judge has warned magistrates to maintain their distance from police and crime commissioners (PCCs), in the latest demonstration of unease about the recently elected new posts.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Space Airconditiong plc v Guy and another – WLR Daily
Space Airconditiong plc v Guy and another: [2012] EWCA Civ 1664; [2012] WLR (D) 384
“Where a judge had been informed by counsel that he had reached his decision by an obvious mistake of fact in his handed down judgment and had admitted it to be so, then, unless there was a very good reason not to do so, the judge had a duty to correct his judgment to put the record right.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice Issues Warning over Jurors – Judiciary of England and Wales
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) heard appeals against conviction and sentence more quickly last year than in previous years according to the Court’s annual report published today (Tuesday 11 December).”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Privacy and the internet – Speech by Lord Justice Leveson
Privacy and the internet (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Leveson
Communications Law Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 7th December 2012
Source: wwww.judiciary.gov.uk
Prison sentences: How do judges decide them? – BBC News
“Changes are in the pipeline for the sentencing of sex offenders. But what principles govern how long a criminal is jailed for?”
BBC News, 6th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Crown court judge reprimanded for telling burglar he had ‘courage’ – The Guardian
“A crown court judge who said that burglars needed ‘a huge amount of courage’ has been formally reprimanded by the Office for Judicial Complaints.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Modernisation of Family Justice: An Interview with Mr Justice Ryder – Family Law Week
“Mr Justice Ryder is interviewed by Zimran Samuel, barrister, of 9 St John Street Chambers about the modernisation of the family justice system.”
Family Law Week, 29th November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Judge attacks ‘genius’ prosecutors after householder confronts yobs with knife – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge demanded to know which ‘genius’ decided to charge a householder for holding knife while protecting his home despite none of the armed yobs being arrested.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice to step down – The Independent
“Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge is to retire as head of the judiciary next year, the Judicial Office said.”
The Independent, 21st November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judges ruling on whole-life case – BBC News
“Five leading judges are to rule on appeals by four convicted criminals against their whole-life tariffs.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Proportionality: the way ahead? – Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Arden DBE
Proportionality: the way ahead? (PDF)
Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Arden DBE
United Kingdom Association of European Law Annual Address, 12th November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
