Judicial Independence and Accountability: Pressures and Opportunities (PDF)
Speech by The Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA
Nottingham Trent University, 16th April 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A new agreement gives the judiciary a say in setting their own budgets – but they will have to meet some Government targets.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of Britain’s handful of senior women judges last night launched a blistering attack over the continuing lack of women appointed as High Court judges.”
The Times, 4th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
15th Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Oration “Courts Governance” (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Federal Court of Australia, 30th May 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Information released in response to a freedom of information request on broad categories of misconduct which led the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice to take disciplinary action against judicial office holders.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Like the new gown for judges? You’re in the minority; splutterings of dismay and derision are far more common.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw has told MPs.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“For 300 years the wig and gown have symbolised the authority of the court. All that will change in October, when judges in civil and family cases will ditch their horsehair wigs and instead be dressed by a designer whose trademark is ‘funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls’.”
The Times, 13th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Last July the Lord Chief Justice announced reforms to simplify judicial court working dress in England and Wales. The changes, which include the introduction of a new civil gown, are due to come into effect on 1 October 2008. Fashion designer, Betty Jackson CBE, very generously worked on a pro-bono basis as the design consultant for the new gown.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 12th May 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Third Annual Report of the Judges’ Council of England and Wales.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 28th April 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Yesterday’s court rulings highlight the delicate relationship between the executive and the judiciary — one in which judges increasingly hold ministers to account, and find them wanting.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of state prosecutors could be free to become judges under top-level moves to end a ban on Crown Prosecution Service employees entering the judiciary, The Times has learnt. Baroness Scotland, QC, the Attorney-General, and Sir Ken Mac-donald, QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, are both strongly in favour of the changes, saying that it would make the judiciary more diverse by widening the pool of women and ethnic minority lawyers who could be judges.”
The Times, 7th April 2008
Source: www.timeonline.co.uk
“A far-reaching reshuffle of top judicial posts is about to be triggered with the announcement of the next senior law lord, or top judge in the highest court of the land. The post is key because that person will become head of the first United Kingdom supreme court when it opens its doors for business in October next year.”
The Times, 1st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges have undermined a law intended to stop defence lawyers cross-examining women in rape cases about their sexual history, by continuing to insist on their discretion to allow it, a new book discloses.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high use of prison by some judges and magistrates often bears little connection with local violent crime rates and may even be out of step with local public opinion, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, suggested yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An unprecedented report that exposes an inefficient and judge-centred culture in the Crown Court has been obtained by The Times after a three-year battle with officials determined to suppress it.”
The Times, 18th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of judges will be allowed to stay in their jobs until the age of 70 after the Lord Chancellor was today forced to back down over making them retire at 65.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“How many law lords does it take to decide a case? Normally, the answer is five. But last week and this, nine members of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords are hearing two important cases. When the new Supreme Court opens its doors in October 2009, seven or nine justices should hear every case.”
The Times, 12th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Dame Heather Hallett of the Judicial Appointments Commission says it is trying hard to encourage diversity, but progress is slow.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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