“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.’ ”
The Bar Council, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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
“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.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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
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
“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.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Stephen Sedley finds the insights of a senior law lord clear and compelling.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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.”
The Bar Council, 12th February 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Today I am talking To Robert Heslett. We cover a wide range of topics from the rule of law, the opportunities and threats to the solicitors profession, human rights and Twitter and other forms of social media and how they could be of benefit to lawyers.”
Charon QC, 14th December 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Rights and Responsibilities: civic duty and the rule of law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Denning Lecture, 23 November 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Access to justice: hope springs eternal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Master of the Rolls
The Mary Ward Legal Advice Centre Annual Lecture, 15th July 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The judge who heads Britain’s top court has warned that ‘popular emotion’ must not subvert the rule of law.”
The Times, 4th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Heads of the Four Bars in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, North and South, have called for Pakistan’s leaders to reinstate the Rule of Law.”
Letter from Heads of the Four Bars
The Bar Council, 15th November 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“British lawyers are united in their condemnation of the treatment of lawyers in Pakistan and the dismissal of the Chief Justice and are calling for the re-instatement of the rule of law and the Constitution.”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Importance of Civil Justice: Nationally and Internationally (PDF)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Impact of Terrorism on the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The international legal community, which provided inspiration for Burma’s founders, must voice its strong support to underpin the movement for democracy.”
The Times, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Speaking at a dinner to mark the Opening of the Legal Year on Monday evening, Chairman of the Bar, Geoffrey Vos QC has spoken out about the threats to the rule of law around the world. Vos said that promoting the rule of law is a fundamental instrument for forcing change in undemocratic regimes.”
The Bar Council, 2nd October 2007
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
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