Peter Glover
- Opinion
Beleaguered bench
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
What changes have impacted on access to justice over the past two decades? We hear first-hand from a judge in the county court.
- Opinion
LiPs do cause delays
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
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
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’.