Tag: Judges
10 of the best Lord Justice Ward lines
Last month, retiring Court of Appeal judge Sir Alan Ward used his penultimate judgment to...
Anonymous case report of the week
The Court of Appeal’s recent judgement in AAA (by her litigation friend BBB) v Associated...
Wannabe Lord Chief Justices must pen 2,000 word essay to land top judge gig
In a departure from the traditional “tap on the shoulder” method of recruitment, applicants for...
Judicial quote of the week: ‘Don’t be a blockhead’
As he sentenced the actor who voiced Charlie Brown in cartoon Peanuts (for threatening his...
Court Of Appeal Judge’s Determination To Get His Best Lines In Before Retirement
Fresh from coming up with perhaps the most tortuous equine metaphor ever, soon-to-retire judge Sir...
10 Reasons To Be Kind To Lawyers
It’s Tuesday 9 April, which is of course Be Kind To Lawyers Day. At a...
Retiring Judge Delivers What May Be The Most Tortuous Equine Metaphor Ever
The Court of Appeal judgment in Colin Wright v Michael Wright Supplies Ltd and Turner...
EXCLUSIVE: Executive committee of the UK Law Students Association quits after huge bust-up with governors
There is chaos at the UK Law Students Association (UKLSA) – whose patrons are Lord...
Lord Neuberger Is Trending! UK’s Top Judge Ousts Justin Bieber As Twitter’s Hottest Topic After Voicing Legal Aid Concerns
It’s not often that you get a member of the legal profession outperforming Justin Bieber...
‘We Need Some More Girls In Here: There’s Too Many Man, Too Many Many Man’ In The UK Supreme Court
The news that the latest three appointments to the Supreme Court are all men means...
Analysed: The Poor Posture And ‘Smug Smile’ Of Supreme Court President Lord Neuberger
Yesterday, hidden away at the bottom of Joshua Rozenberg’s article in The Guardian about judges’...
What Supreme Court Justices Read In Their Spare Time…
Encouraging to see Private Eye making an appearance in the UK Supreme Court Justices’ library....
Beware What You Say In the Presence Of Law Students…
At a seminar last week, one of the most senior judges in India courted controversy...
‘A barrister’s rhetorical flourishes can be seductive, but eventually they become an irritating distraction’
Ed note: This is the latest post in the ‘If I knew then what I...
Top Ten Funniest #Leveson Tweets
Amid the Twitter storm of earnest pontification which greeted the publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s...
Judge Gives Verbose Lawyer a Lesson In Editing
A US judge’s stinging criticism of a lawyer’s ability to write concisely has been doing...
US Supreme Court Justice Tells Sesame Street’s Abby That ‘Being a Princess Is Not a Career’
“Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career,” explains...
How Supreme Court Justices Can Save Legal Aid
In these tough economic times, it would be a shame for those costumes to go...
Why Did The Criminal Bar Association Choose Judge John Deed To Deliver Its Annual Lecture?
Surreal scenes yesterday evening at the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) annual ‘Kalisher lecture’, which was...
Day Of Reckoning Arrives For Court Interpreting Company Which Offered Jobs To Animals
Applied Language Solutions (ALS), the gaffe-prone interpreting service awarded the exclusive right to supply interpreters...
Constance Briscoe Is Arrested
Judge and author Constance Briscoe, who is a prosecution witness in the Huhne trial, has...