“The practice of huge hourly rates charged by solicitors should end because they reward inefficiency, the country’s second most senior judge said.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Next month Ben Emmerson QC, who is short-listed as a candidate to represent the UK at the ECHR, will address the UN to argue that more attention should be paid to the human rights of victims of terrorism. Peter Stanford meets him.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sentencers and commissioners: Time for a new relationship? (PDF)
Speech by Nicholas Moss JP
Ministry of Justice, 24th April 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Former Herbert Smith partner and UK Supreme Court judge Lord Collins of Mapesbury has joined Essex Court Chambers after retiring from the UK’s top court last year. Lord Collins started at Essex Court this week as a full-time arbitrator. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2011 after serving two years on the highest judicial bench.”
Legal Week, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Leveson Inquiry has invited evidence and submissions from the public as well as from the core participants. Although not reported widely in the media, last October the recently retired Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Stephen Sedley, made his own submission to the Leveson Inquiry. In this submission, Sir Stephen proposes his own model of statutory regulation of the media.”
Legal Week, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Britain risks losing influence in the European Court of Human Rights law following the departure of a leading judge, an expert has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A serving High Court judge who is launching a public campaign this week to defend marriage said most couples who appear in Hello! magazine end up in his divorce court ‘within a year or two.'”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Raeside) v Luton Crown Court [2012] WLR (D) 120
“The purpose of a custody time limit would be undermined if the court granted an extension under section 22(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 in anything other than exceptional circumstances, and in the absence of the express consent of the defendant to the extension of that limit, the court must direct that an immediate application is made by the Crown and rigorously scrutinise the evidence to see if it is satisfied that there is good and sufficient cause.”
WLR Daily, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Mr Justice Vos has described the number of firms clambering on board the phone-hacking juggernaut as ‘unbelievable’, as 11 firms have filed further claims on behalf of celebrities allegedly targeted by the News of the World.”
The Lawyer, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A judge who stopped a case brought by two terror suspects in order to save money was in the wrong, the Appeal Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“‘No fault’ divorces should become the standard means for couples to separate rather than proving that one side is responsible for the breakdown, according to the most senior family law judge in England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s leading family law judge, Sir Nicholas Wall, has renewed calls for ‘no fault divorce’, which could see couples granted quick legal separation without one party accepting the blame.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former law lord will attempt to amend the government’s controversial legal aid bill to throw out a ‘peculiar provision’ which would introduce a ‘two strikes and you’re out’ approach to sentencing.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sir Andrew McFarlane was promoted to the Court of Appeal in July 2011, the most recent appointment in a meteoric career that began in the drama department of Durham University. As he explains in conversation with Family Affairs, his preferred activities at University involved drama, student politics and the church. Law seems to have been an after-thought and he is (probably) the only member of the current Court of Appeal able to boast of a third class degree. Beware the temptation, however, to assume that Andrew has a third class mind; his progress from provincial practice in the West Midlands to a glittering leading career at 1KBW, authorship of the leading text book on Child Law, a raft of committee appointments including Chairmanship of the FLBA, the High Court bench at 51 and the Court of Appeal at 57 bear testament to a distinctly first class brain with application to match.”
Family Law Bar Association, 20th February 2012
Source: www.flba.co.uk
“A senior judge has warned that a new ratings scheme for advocates will encourage more criminals to appeal against their convictions and create a generation of sycophantic barristers desperate to impress judges at the expense of their clients’ interests.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Developing equity – a view from the Court of Appeal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls
Chancery Bar Association Conference, 20th January 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A ‘strong consensus’ and a ‘commitment to a change in culture’ is needed to improve the efficiency of the family justice system, according to the senior judge charged with reform. In his first published update since being appointed to lead the modernisation of family justice, Mr Justice Ryder sets out a ‘challenging timetable’ to agree proposals on a programme to put in place the recommendations of the Norgrove review by the time his appointment ends at the end of July.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most senior appeal court judges has been publicly reprimanded for receiving a driving ban and failing to inform judicial authorities that he was facing traffic offences.”
The Guardian, 13th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jonathan Sumption QC will be formally sworn in as a Supreme Court justice tomorrow (11 January) following the announcement of his appointment in May last year.”
Legal Week, 10th January 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
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