Tag: Judges

Paralegal handed six-month suspended jail sentence for paperwork error has decision overturned on appeal
Original ruling not 'fair or transparent'

First legal bid to stop Boris Johnson shutting down parliament fails
Cross-party group has already signalled intention to appeal

Asylum seeker held not ‘effeminate’ enough to be gay had partner accepted as gay by same court
Immigration judges accused of inconsistency

You don’t look ‘effeminate’ enough to be gay, judge tells asylum seeker
Lawyers condemn 'shocking' remarks

Crowdfunding campaigner loses bid to take Boris Johnson private prosecution to Supreme Court
But the case isn't over, insists Marcus Ball

High Court appoints seven new judges — all Oxbridge educated
Understaffed court snaps up leading QCs

Crowdfunded Boris Johnson prosecution in last-ditch Supreme Court appeal
Campaigner Marcus Ball attempts to revive charges of misconduct in public office

Supreme Court judges get the FaceApp treatment
Mixed results

Scottish judge Lord Reed to replace Hale as Supreme Court president
As country's top bench gains three new faces

Should barristers still wear wigs and gowns?
The cherished uniform of the bar remains an important stamp of legal responsibility, argues Queen Mary law graduate Jag Landa

Trio of top judges fend off criticism on £1.2 billion court modernisation programme
Widely-condemned court closures are means of 'liberating capital' where 'money is not limitless', select committee hears

Supreme Court chiefs celebrate 10th anniversary with official portrait launch
Team Supreme snaps unveiled by Hale

Court thrown into chaos after defendant hurls poo at judge
'It’s protein! It’s good for you!'

Social mobility fail: two thirds of top judges went to private schools
Senior judges 'most socially exclusive' group among Britain's elite, Sutton Trust research finds

Judge tells cocaine user he ‘should suffer no more than former Lord Chancellor’
Even the courts are mocking Michael Gove's coke admission

‘Not on your life!’ Lord Sumption rules out move into politics
Ex-Supreme Court justice's comments came during final BBC Reith Lecture

Judge Rinder to give his take on worldly affairs in new TV series
The Rob Rinder Show will air on Channel 4 later this year

Emergency pay boost for judges in response to ‘unprecedented’ recruitment crisis
Increases still below recommendations of pay review body

Boris Johnson’s court summons appeal initially assigned to Mrs Justice Thornton — wife of former Labour leader Ed Miliband
High Court judge recuses herself due to ‘political connection’, according to report

Judge falls asleep TWICE during trial
Verdict overturned on appeal after employment specialist nods off during cross-examination