“Engaged and in control”: Chairman-Elect Maura McGowan QC’s inaugural speech to Bar Council – The Bar Council

Posted December 14th, 2012 in barristers, legal services, rule of law, speeches by sally

“Engaged and in control: Chairman-Elect Maura McGowan QC’s inaugural speech to Bar Council, delivered on 10 December 2012.”

Full speech

The Bar Council, 12th December 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

A View Across The System: London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association – Speech by Lord Justice Gross

Posted November 23rd, 2012 in judiciary, legal services, public interest, rule of law, speeches by sally

“” It is a pleasure to be here this evening to deliver the LCLCBA’s annual lecture. It is some time now since I was the chairman of the Association and I am glad to see that under the chairmanship of Michael Kent QC it continues to go from strength to strength. The role played in the development of the profession, and the interests of their members, of specialist Bar Associations, such as the LCLCBA is of immense importance and will continue to be so. I should emphasise that the views I express are my own; I do not purport to speak for the judiciary more generally…”

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Judiciary of England and Wales, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

JR, the rule of law, and administrative justice – NearlyLegal

Posted November 20th, 2012 in housing, judicial review, news, rule of law by sally

“According to Cameron, there is a need to restrict the right to judicial review to ensure the country’s economic competitiveness. As he put it, judicial review should, therefore, cost more, have shorter deadlines, and fewer rights of appeal. This is so that ‘people think twice about time wasting’.”

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NearlyLegal, 20th November 2012

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

Diminishing judicial review will reverse 50 years of legal progress – The Guardian

Posted November 20th, 2012 in civil justice, judicial review, news, rule of law by sally

“We ought always to strive to streamline our judicial system, but our right of access to justice should not be lightly interfered with.”

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The Guardian, 19th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Report #7 Human Rights law – Carl Gardner on the Abu Qatada judgment – Charon QC

Posted November 14th, 2012 in appeals, deportation, human rights, news, rule of law, terrorism by sally

“Today, I talk with Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the SIAC Abu Qatada decision and the wider implications for our society if we do not continue to uphold the Rule of Law – no matter how inconvenient it may be for politicians.”

Podcast

Charon QC, 13th November 2012

Source: www.charonqcuklawtour.com

The Rule of Law and its Enemies: The Landscape of Law – Gresham College Lecture

Posted July 30th, 2012 in financial regulation, news, rule of law by sally

“The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture, recorded at Gresham College in the heart of legal London, addressing the relationship between the nature of law and economic success. He examines the rule of law in comparative terms, asking how far the common law’s claims to superiority over other systems are credible. Are we living through a time of creeping legal degeneration in the English-speaking world?”

Transcript

Lecture by Professor Niall Ferguson

Gresham College, 3rd July 2012

Source: www.gresham.ac.uk

European Court of Human Rights retreats but doesn’t surrender on prisoner votes – UK Human Rights

Posted May 23rd, 2012 in elections, human rights, news, prisons, rule of law by sally

“The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that states must allow for at least some prisoners to vote, but that states have a wide discretion as to deciding which prisoners. This amounts to a retreat on prisoner votes, but certainly no surrender. As I predicted, the court reaffirmed the principles set out in Hirst No. 2, that an automatic and indiscriminate bans breach the European Convention on Human Rights, but also reaffirmed that it was up to states to decide how to remove those indiscriminate bans.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd May 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Prisoners must be given right to vote, European court rules – The Guardian

Posted May 23rd, 2012 in elections, human rights, news, prisons, rule of law by sally

“Prisoners in the UK must be given the right to vote, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled, though ministers may determine which inmates should be enfranchised.”

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The Guardian, 22nd May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Strasbourg’s prisoner votes judgment amounts to a retreat, but no surrender – The Guardian

Posted May 23rd, 2012 in elections, human rights, news, prisons, rule of law by sally

“The government should now accept its responsibilities under the human rights convention. Any other reaction will significantly harm the rule of law.”

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The Guardian, 22nd May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Secret court hearings: Q&A – Daily Telegraph

“Ken Clarke wants to allow evidence to be heard in secret where it would compromise national security. Here we explain why there is such controversy over the Government’s plan to hold some court cases and inquests behind closed doors.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Justice is Too Often Sacrificied for Price Competition: Bar Chairman Addresses Cayman Islands on Ethics and Rule of Law – The Bar Council

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in lectures, press releases, rule of law by sally

“Michael Todd QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, will today address an invited audience in Grand Court Number One of the Cayman Islands on ‘Ethics and the Rule of Law.’ ”

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The Bar Council, 22nd March 2012

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Abu Qatada: attorney general says government must follow rule of law – The Guardian

Posted February 7th, 2012 in bail, detention, news, rule of law, terrorism by sally

“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has voiced his concern over a decision to release the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada on bail but added that courts could not allow people to be held in indefinite detention without trial.”

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The Guardian, 7th February 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

General, Equal and Certain: Law Reform Today and Tomorrow – Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls

Posted November 30th, 2011 in equality, legislation, news, rule of law by sally

General, Equal and Certain: Law Reform Today and Tomorrow (PDF)

Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls

Lord Renton Lecture 2011, 28th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Mea culpa, Lord Bingham – The Guardian

Posted September 7th, 2011 in media, news, rule of law by sally

“The first of the Guardian Law book club’s choices will probably define ‘the rule of law’ for a century. But the lecture it was based on went almost unnoticed.”

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The Guardian, 7th September 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney general: UK would be in breach of law if it defied European court rulings – The Guardian

Posted February 10th, 2011 in attorney general, courts, human rights, news, rule of law by sally

“Britain would be acting ‘tyranically’ and in breach of the rule of law if it defied rulings from the European court of human rights, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has said.”

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The Guardian, 10th February 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

National Security and the Courts – Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Gross

Posted November 16th, 2010 in courts, intelligence services, rule of law, speeches, terrorism by sally

National Security and the Courts (PDF)

Speech by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Gross

Royal United Services Institute, 16th November 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Bar Conference lecture: The tyranny of the consumer or the rule of law – Speech by Lord Neuberger

The tyranny of the consumer or the rule of law (PDF)

Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls

25th Annual Bar Conference, 6th November 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Protect police from lawsuits, says Met chief – The Guardian

Posted October 11th, 2010 in compensation, news, police, rule of law by sally

“Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, has privately lobbied the home secretary to make it harder for people to take legal action against his force, the Guardian has learned.”

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The Guardian, 10th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham – The Guardian

Posted February 22nd, 2010 in judges, news, rule of law by sally

“Stephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compelling.”

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The Guardian, 20th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bar Council Chairman Calls for Protection for Legal Aid at Vienna Conference – The Bar Council

Posted February 15th, 2010 in legal aid, press releases, rule of law by sally

“Speaking in Vienna today at the 38th Annual Conference of European Bar Leaders, the Chairman of the Bar, Nicholas Green QC said the latest round of proposed cuts in criminal legal aid in England and Wales, coupled with the absence of a clear strategic vision for the future of legal aid were placing the country’s justice system at risk.”

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The Bar Council, 12th February 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk