Peter Glover

Opinion
Beleaguered bench
24 April 2017
As a judge I witnessed the complete breakdown of relations between executive and judiciary. How did we get here and what can be done?
Feature
Twenty years as a district judge
2016-02-04T13:56:00
What changes have impacted on access to justice over the past two decades? We hear first-hand from a judge in the county court.
Feature
Family court money orders
1 February 2016
FPR 33 leaves district judges in a challenging position.
Opinion
LiPs do cause delays
26 October 2015
Most district judges have doubled time estimates to deal with LiPs – Natalie Ceeney would know this if she had bothered to talk to us.
Feature
Counting the costs of Mitchell
13 January 2014
We consider whether the Mitchell costs decision is so draconian that it will drive practitioners out of civil litigation.
News
More litigants in person will threaten the county courts with additional delays
2011-08-18T00:00:00
The House of Commons’ justice committee, chaired by Sir Alan Beith MP, predicts an increasing number of litigants in person by reason of the government’s curtailment of legal aid. We are told courts must make ‘adjustments’ to cope with this influx ‘in what are often emotionally charged cases’.