All Judicial articles – Page 37
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NewsFirm concerned by London 'blindspot' over court safety
Judge reportedly refused duty solicitor's application regarding defendant and gave case to someone else.
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NewsTop judges seek to ‘mute’ unruly parties in remote hearings
Fresh guidance also reassures judges they should not seek to do everything online.
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NewsMcFarlane calls for feedback on remote hearings
Family division president begins two-week consultation to inform fresh guidance.
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NewsPandemic adjournment bid rejected as judge orders remote five-week trial
Lawyers told to work together to ensure next month’s Chancery Division trial can go ahead online.
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NewsFirm fights off ‘unlawful’ policy to send clients 120 miles away
It has emerged the president of first-tier tribunals tried to have cases moved over perception of bias.
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NewsCoronavirus: McFarlane signals 'significant change in direction' for family courts
Family division president says purpose of guidance is to 'keep business going safely'.
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NewsCoA advertising for full-time judicial assistants
Posts with salaries up to £38,373 on offer for entrants to the legal profession.
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NewsLord Reed denies judicial over-reach
President of the Supreme Court tells peers that judges are well aware of litigants misusing judicial review.
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News'Not something to get hysterical about': LCJ on constitutional reform
Lord Burnett of Maldon plays down predictions of clash between executive and judiciary.
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NewsDon’t expect pyrotechnics: LCJ on Braverman appointment
Lord Burnett of Maldon welcomes new attorney general saying talk of constitutional conflict has been overblown.
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OpinionReforming the Supreme Court – a history lesson
In his second term as US president, Franklin D Roosevelt decided to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices.
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News‘Misconceived’: ECtHR chief hits back at Sumption over rights
Thesis of Reith lectures on growth of judicial power ’lacks a comprehensive and nuanced understanding’.
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NewsFamily judges to take online sexual consent course
A judge was criticised earlier this year for displaying ‘obsolescent’ and ‘outdated’ views on rape.
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OpinionBarrister who overcame prejudice to reach the Old Bailey
Rose QC – the remarkable story of Rose Heilbron: trailblazer and legal icon | Hilary Heilbron
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OpinionCulture war comes to lawyers
There is genuine discussion to be had about the role of courts in a democracy. We should be able to put forward views without fear of being abused or side-lined.
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NewsAxed AG eyes reform of judiciary
Geoffrey Cox QC says government is in no ‘headlong rush’ to curtail judicial independence.
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FeatureRuling elite
The bench still looks nothing like the society from which it is drawn, reports Melanie Newman. Do we need targets and quotas, or are some barriers to judicial diversity self-imposed?
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NewsNew attorney general criticised 'unelected, unaccountable' judges
Suella Braverman said parliament must retrieve power from the courts in an article published last month.
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News'Training is not enough': Family lawyers target Tolson over 'outdated' views on consent
Lawyers ask family chief to review HHJ Tolson QC's cases as controversial findings are raised in parliament.
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OpinionHow we are helping solicitors get on to the bench
Law Society and its Solicitor Judges Division have been advocating for greater diversity in the judiciary and are determined to lead the efforts to increase the number of solicitor judges.