Murder case affair judge resigns – BBC News
“A part-time judge whose affair with a married woman drove her jealous husband to murder their daughter has resigned.”
BBC News, 13th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: judges
Justice Cranston rules himself out of foxhunting case – The Times
“A High Court judge ruled himself out of a case involving hunting yesterday after it emerged that he had spoken out against the sport’s ‘barbarity’ and voted for a ban when he was an MP.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
How red-top lawyer Mr Justice Eady became privacy judge – The Times
“Mr Justice Eady has created almost single-handedly what is now a privacy law in Britain through a series of recent rulings that he sees as remedying a ‘glaring deficiency in our law’. ”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge pulls out knife during court case – Daily Telegraph
“Judge Roger Connor brandished the pocket knife in front of a teenage defendant during the hearing at Oxford Crown Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge breached restraining order against ex-wife and her boyfriend – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has been sentenced to 50 hours community service after he admitted breaching a restraining order imposed following a campaign of harassment against his ex-wife and her boyfriend.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Falconer to join US firm – The Times
“The former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is to join a top American law firm, The Times has learned.”
The Times, 8th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge is Britain’s new top judge – The Times
“Sir Igor Judge will take over from Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers as Lord Chief Justice, head of the judiciary in England and Wales”
The Times, 7th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Gardener accused of poisoning former judge’s plants – Daily Telegraph
“Sir Richard Tucker, for years one of the country’s most senior judges, is heading for court in a row with his former gardener over poisoned plants.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge Khan and Judge J – Office of Judicial Complaints Investigation – Judiciary of England and Wales
“Statement from the Judicial Communications Office.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Judges in sex video case go unpunished – The Guardian
“Two immigration judges whose Brazilian cleaner was tried for stealing sex videos have escaped disciplinary action.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Justice Smith reprimanded after OJC verdict – Legal Week
“Mr Justice Peter Smith has been found guilty of misconduct by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) after refusing to stand down from a case over which he was presiding.”
Legal Week, 18th April 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers appointed as Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary – 10 Downing Street
“The Queen has been pleased to approve that The Right Honourable the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, be appointed Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, in succession to the Right Honourable The Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, who retires on 30 September 2008.”
10 Downing Street, 1st April 2008
Source: www.pm.gov.uk
First 10 high court judges under new diversity rules – The Guardian
“The government’s attempt to reform the system for choosing judges to create a more diverse judiciary is failing to break the stranglehold of privately-educated white males over the high court bench.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bail case ‘matter for judiciary’ – BBC News
“The Attorney General will not investigate a judge who freed a Met Police inspector who then apparently killed himself and his mother-in-law.”
BBC News, 15th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge in murder case bail row – The Times
“A judge who freed a policeman accused of murdering his wife, enabling him apparently to kill again, said yesterday that he could not remember why he had granted bail.”
The Times, 15th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Child abuse allegations over top policeman who quit – The Times
“The chief constable who resigned amid allegations of financial wrongdoing and misuse of police equipment was also being investigated in connection with his force’s dismissal of child abuse claims against a judge, The Times can disclose.”
The Times, 24th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
El Farargy v El Farargy and Others – Times Law Reports
El Farargy v. El Farargy and Others
Court of Appeal
“Where the appearance of justice was at stake, it was better that justice be done independently by another, rather than require a judge to sit in judgment of his own behaviour.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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