Tag: Judges

Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges

But they'll likely need to take a pay cut

May 10 2018 11:50am

We’re more lenient after lunch, says top judge

Ernest Ryder points to research showing that well-fed judges are more likely to let people off

Apr 17 2018 10:39am

Junior criminal barrister, 32, now youngest Crown Court judge in recent history

Rise of the baby-faced bench, as 34-year-old appointed as a district judge

Apr 5 2018 11:50am

Tributes pour in for blogging and tweeting ex-Court of Appeal judge, who has sadly died

Henry Brooke worked with Lord Denning and sat on the famous conjoined twins case

Jan 30 2018 4:06pm

Government splashes the cash on posh consultants to help make courts more techy

While eyebrows raised about judiciary’s closeness to modernisation programme

Jan 3 2018 12:48pm

Legal Cheek’s alternative predictions for 2018

2017 was quite a ride -- this year could be even more of a rollercoaster

Jan 2 2018 9:49am

Judges are not workers, Court of Appeal rules

District Judge fails in claim Uber drivers continue to win

Dec 22 2017 10:35am

Gain points for hitting judges with snowballs in new barrister-developed game

‘Baroness Hale’ is currently in top ten on leaderboard

Dec 20 2017 9:02am

Lawyer turned MP David Lammy asks government to set judicial diversity targets, government says no

‘Disappointed’ politician says ‘more of the same will not work’

Dec 19 2017 10:41am

‘Unfailingly courteous’: Top lawyers highlight human decency on the bench

Barristers take to Twitter to swap stories of their judicial faves

Dec 12 2017 2:39pm

Outspoken judge who helped shape criminal law syllabuses dies aged 85

Silence can amount to assault, thanks to Lord Steyn's ruling in case law classic R v Ireland

Nov 30 2017 12:43pm

Judge who popped out of court for sandwich ‘rugby tackled’ to floor by litigant

Assailant has now been sentenced to five months for bruise-inducing assault

Nov 28 2017 3:25pm