Tag: Judges

Ex-Daily Mail editor who wrote infamous ‘Enemies of the People’ article set to become Boris Johnson’s director of communications
James Slack replaces Lee Cain who resigned over night

Profession must look after junior lawyers screwed over by the pandemic, Supreme Court judge warns
Lord Hodge says there shouldn't be 'lasting detriment' to those starting their career

Lord Sumption warns of ‘totalitarian society’ in latest attack on lockdown policies
Lockdown sceptic accuses government of setting fire to the constitution as it tries to rule by decree

What TV trials are really asking us
Future magic circle trainee William Holmes examines the interplay between justice and entertainment

Trio of ex-Supreme Court justices join 800 legal figures in call for Johnson and Patel to end lawyer ‘hostility’
Open letter follows series of public attacks on profession

Robot judges determining guilt through speech and body temperature ‘commonplace’ within 50 years, AI guru predicts
Sci-fi style justice sooner than we think?

Baker McKenzie lawyer, 32, becomes one of the UK’s youngest judges
Completed TC in 2012

Notorious RBG’s possible US Supreme Court replacement faces four-day confirmation showdown
Politically-charged process kicks off today

Supreme Court president: I want a BAME justice within six years
Lord Reed also discusses 'appalling' treatment of junior barrister mistaken for defendant, in new wide-ranging interview

Barrister suggested female Asian judge landed role due to ‘positive discrimination’
Fined and reprimanded

Coronavirus laws a ‘secondary consideration’, says Sumption
Former Supreme Court justice says people should decide for themselves whether or not to obey the law

Private members club frequented by top judges and QCs faces legal action over men-only policy
Businesswoman Emily Bendell instructs Leigh Day to seek injunction stopping Garrick Club from operating ‘discriminatory’ policy

Lord Stephens appointed Supreme Court judge
Replaces Lord Kerr who retires next month

Sir Geoffrey Vos appointed new Master of the Rolls
Replaces Sir Terence Etherton in January 2021

Scrap the Supreme Court, argues right-wing think tank
UK’s highest bench is guilty of ‘excessive judicial activism’

Outgoing Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath scooped up by top environmental law set Landmark Chambers
Eco-warrior judge the latest ex-justice to land lucrative arbitration gig

Why judges are not ‘Enemies of the People’
Legal Cheek reviews the latest book offering by legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg

Re-hearing ordered in child custody case after US judge accepted Facebook friend request from the mother
She liked 18 of the judge's Facebook posts

My electrician makes more than a junior barrister, ex-judge complains
Sir Richard Henriques aghast at tradespeople out-earning lawyers