Tag: Judges

Family law barrister, 34, who completed BPTC in 2007 becomes district judge
Adem Muzaffer will take up the role later this month

Lady Hale attacks government ‘austerity’ policies
Supreme Court president in unusual political intervention

Lady Hale: Summon the ‘moral courage’ to tackle gender pay gap
Fight for what is right and just, says Supreme Court president

Judiciary needs to be more diverse so public don’t view us as ‘beings from another planet’, says Lady Hale
As profession gears up to celebrate 100 years of women in law

Film review: RBG
An intimate portrait of the US’ answer to Lady Hale

You don’t have to call me ‘learned’, top judge tells lawyers
Lady Justice Rafferty says brevity is best

May the force be with the Baroness! Lady Hale to star as Yoda in space-themed play at Gray’s Inn
All Hale the new Jedi master

UK Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge admits ‘naivety’ at attending Federalist Society dinner
He refers to his ‘innocence’ in accepting invite from right-wing group that’s helping President Trump pick top judges, including Brett Kavanaugh

Lord Sumption tells barristers they’ve been getting it wrong on legal aid
Maverick Supreme Court judge says state funding is essential for crime but 'discretionary' for civil work — and bar needs to accept the public think they’re 'rich toffs', however unfair that may be

Supreme Court rejects government’s appeal bid in Brexit reversal case
European Court of Justice will now look at whether the UK can unilaterally revoke its Article 50 request

Court of Appeal to be live-streamed for the first time this week
Pilot case concerns West Ham United

Whistleblowing judge launches crowdfunding appeal to take workers’ rights ruling to Supreme Court
Judiciary should be afforded the same legal protections as workers when making public interest disclosures, says Claire Gilham

Ex-Daily Mail editor defends newspaper’s decision to describe judges as ‘enemies of the people’
'The point needed to be made', says Paul Dacre

Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover fetches £56,000 at auction
Nearly four times the pre-sale estimate

UK Supreme Court judge warns of cryptocurrency bubble … nearly a year after it burst
It looks like there won't be a SupremeCourtCoin

Judges handed 2% annual pay rise despite independent report recommending bigger boosts
Uplift in line with other public-sector workers, says government

High Court judges could see salaries swell by over 30% to £240,000 under new proposals
Will extra cash help improve judicial morale?

To become a lawyer don’t study law, says Supreme Court’s Lord Sumption — do history, classics, economics or languages instead
Top judge backs law conversion route