All Judicial articles – Page 3
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NewsTories would allow government to appoint judges
Conservative party conference: shadow lord chancellor brandishes wig in attack on 'political activism'.
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NewsTop Tories demand crackdown on ‘unaccountable’ judges
Judiciary is ‘one of the great unreformed public services’, shadow minister tells Conservative party conference.
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NewsConservative conference: Courts must ‘get out of the way’
Shadow justice secretary makes multi-pronged attack on aspects of the legal system he perceives to be holding the UK back.
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OpinionDoes terror act interfere with human rights?
Hundreds of protesters accused of expressing support for the banned terrorist organisation Palestine Action will be interested in a hearing at the Supreme Court next month.
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NewsMagistrate who accessed colleague’s medical records sanctioned
Office holder, a retired medical practitioner, issued with formal advice for misconduct.
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NewsLabour conference: Tory attacks 'putting judges at personal risk'
Attorney general and justice minister say attacks are putting lives in danger and threatening UK prosperity.
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FeatureDuty to disclose adverse judicial criticism
A recent High Court decision in commercial litigation has generated significant interest in the expert witness community. It also has potential ramifications for civil litigators.
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NewsHigh Court promotion for solicitor-judge
Former criminal defence specialist Margaret Obi will be the eighth solicitor among 149 judges on the High Court bench.
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OpinionDavid Lammy ‘back on his old beat’
If Lammy was concerned about being demoted, there was no sign of it during his first Commons appearance as justice secretary.
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OpinionThe importance of lay voices in judicial appointments
You don’t need legal expertise to play a vital role in shaping the future of the judiciary.
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NewsDifferent class: Senior judiciary staunchly 'elitist', but dial beginning to shift
Nearly two-thirds of senior judges are privately educated, but research by the Sutton Trust shows that the proportion is diminishing.
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NewsObituary: Her Honour Judge Valerie Pearlman CBE
Pioneering woman barrister and judge gave a judicial summing up from a hospital bed.
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NewsWanted: new judicial appointments chief
Helen Pitcher, who previously led Criminal Cases Review Commission, will step down as JAC chair at the end of the year.
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OpinionJudges need help to counter the dark arts
Populist politicians are taking potshots at people who cannot fire back. At risk is democracy itself.
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NewsJudicial bullying: Harman probe finds ‘little accountability’
Independent review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the bar makes 36 recommendations.
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NewsJudiciary silent on justice secretary's sentencing veto
Judiciary declines to comment on new power that will enable justice secretary to veto Sentencing Council guidelines.
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NewsLord chancellor grants herself veto on sentencing policy
Sentencing Council will no longer be able to issue guidelines without justice secretary and lady chief justice's approval.
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NewsReserve army: MoJ seeks dozens more DDJs post-Leveson
An extra 50 posts added to magistrates' court competition as lord chancellor seeks to cut the Crown court backlog.
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OpinionLimiting jury trials will not fix the criminal justice system
Rather than addressing the issues, setting up a new bench division and limiting jury trials merely shifts the burden from one place to another.
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NewsRecorder had sex in his judicial chambers
JCIO says the incident, which happened more than a decade ago, was a ‘one-off consensual encounter’.