All Judicial articles – Page 24
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FeatureBench pressed
Who’d be a judge? Crumbling courtroom infrastructure, real-terms pay cuts, and accusations of harassment and bullying have made the bench a tough sell. Catherine Baksi reports
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NewsGovernment snubs review body with 3% pay rise for judges
Increase ‘demonstrates the value the government places on our independent judiciary’, says lord chancellor.
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NewsGovernment to tackle SLAPPs with early dismissal and costs cap
Lord chancellor Dominic Raab says reforms will ‘uphold freedom of speech [and] end the abuse of our justice system’.
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OpinionWhen will we see more black lawyers on the bench?
The government has published fresh data but the picture on racial diversity has barely changed.
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NewsJudicial diversity - solicitor numbers continue to dwindle
More solicitors are leaving the bench than joining it.
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NewsJudge lambasts ‘feral’ divorce proceedings
Case ‘a disgraceful example of how financial remedy proceedings should not be conducted’.
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NewsUpdated sentencing guidelines to cover new driving offences
Sentencing Council says minor examples of bad driving can have tragic and long-lasting consequences.
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NewsLord chief worried about growing reliance on part-time judges
Lord Burnett of Maldon to review terms and conditions after being told salaried office has become more onerous.
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NewsLGBT activist removed from tribunal for ‘apparent bias’
Judge rules ‘fair-minded and informed observer could not exclude the possibility of bias’.
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FeatureThe other 1919 act
While the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act 1919 has garnered the most attention in recent years, it was the Industrial Courts Act 1919 at the cutting edge of judicial diversity.
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OpinionThe case for being word perfect
The Art and Craft of Judgment Writing: A Primer for Common Law Judges | Max Barrett
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NewsSanctions on strikers 'could be unlawful'
Criminal Bar Association highlights ECHR defence against any application for wasted costs or disciplinary action.
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News‘Expanded’ remote hearing powers come into force
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 now permits remote access to in-person hearings where it is ‘in the interests of justice’.
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ProfileMy legal life: Orla O’Hagan, The Private FDR Service
Private financial dispute resolution judge, West Sussex.
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OpinionSupporting judges and the rule of law
Are institutions that safeguard the rule of law more important than a client’s interests?
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NewsLCJ warns barristers over court walkouts
Judges told to refer non-attendances to senior presiding judge, who will consider whether to involve Bar Standards Board.
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NewsTribunal member given formal advice after nodding off during hearing
Judicial conduct body says it took into account member’s exemplary 25-year record.
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NewsBarrister who was rude to trial judge suspended
Counsel at one point told judge: ‘Don’t try to make me sound like an idiot’, tribunal hears.
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NewsJudiciary snubs trade union's request for council seat
GMB tells lord chief justice its branch for judicial members should be treated the same as other representative groups.
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NewsTributes for judge ‘ahead of his time’
Longest-serving current High Court judge Mr Justice Holman departs in August.