Tag: Judges

Top judges use Wikipedia, research shows

Irish Supreme Court decisions with online encyclopedia entry 22% more likely to be cited in later judgments

Jul 28 2022 11:03am
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Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court

‘I am standing on the shoulders of my own role models’, says ex-Goodwin and MoFo lawyer

Apr 11 2022 12:24pm
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Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour

‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

Apr 7 2022 4:50pm
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Top UK judges quit Hong Kong

Supreme Court says it can't continue to endorse administration which has 'departed from values of political freedom'

Mar 30 2022 10:41am
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UK government appoints top war crimes lawyer to help Ukraine on ‘journey to justice’ against Russia

Judge and Doughty Street associate tenant Sir Howard Morrison QC will act as independent adviser to war-torn country's chief prosecutor

Mar 28 2022 10:20am
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Judge uses ‘International Teddy Act 1908’ to help child adopt his teddies

Young boy penned letter to the Family Court of Western Australia 🧸

Feb 22 2022 12:09pm
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Supreme Court starts hunt for two new justices

Follows retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden

Feb 11 2022 11:04am
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Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge

Sir Julian Flaux says many find themselves 'limited to being a tile without picture or sound on a Teams screen'

Jan 28 2022 9:16am

New online course offers ‘behind the scenes’ look at the Supreme Court

Programme run in collaboration with Royal Holloway Uni

Jan 12 2022 12:57pm

Get to grips with crypto and blockchain, top judge tells lawyers

Master of the Rolls says every member of the profession will require 'familiarity' with new technology

Jan 12 2022 10:53am

Criminal lawyers make ‘boring’ dinner party guests, says judge

Tells newspaper his wife insists on inviting only one at a time because 'they cannot resist boasting about their triumphs'

Dec 14 2021 12:00pm

Hale expresses ‘regret’ over spider brooch

Previously unreported comments surface in new Supreme Court book 🕷️

Aug 23 2021 10:53am

High Court judge apologises for ‘sexist comment’ to lawyer

Judge Daniel Schaffer issued 'formal advice' by Lord Chief Justice

Aug 19 2021 10:51am

Help Afghan lawyers escape ‘perilous future’ under Taliban rule, urge legal groups

Law Society, Bar Council and Bar Human Rights Committee 'gravely concerned' about fate of at least 250 female judges

Aug 17 2021 10:23am

Elon Musk mocks British wig-wearing barristers

'Mfs in the 1700s saw this hairstyle and were like YOOOO 🔥🔥🔥'

Jul 8 2021 10:51am