Tag: Judges
What is contempt of court? Here’s a graphic example
A US courtroom is treated to surreal dialogue prompted by an abusive defendant -- and then the judge gets involved
Judge fired for watching porn in chambers LOSES unfair dismissal claim
Warren Grant had argued his behaviour stemmed from a mental illness he was suffering due to marriage problems
Court of Appeal brands Judge Peter Smith’s incredible Blackstone Chambers letter ‘disgraceful’
CoA orders retrial in Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, but clears controversial judge of bias
Judge uses rare power to recruit extra juror so trial can go ahead on time
You’re empanelled: court staff roam the streets in search of jurors
Research: BME lawyers far less likely to become judges than white lawyers
Only 10% of BME applicants were shortlisted
12 Snapchats from Supreme Court judges
What would it be like if some of our finest legal minds downloaded the popular social media app?
Judge called out for sitting in jury box ‘eating candy’ during witness testimony
A hat-trick for the judge once reprimanded for going to a Halloween party dressed as a black prisoner
Presidential nominee calls out judge; judge calls for documents to be released
Separation of Powers could be the new Game of Thrones
Confirmed: Gay judge appointed as Master of the Rolls
History made as Sir Terence Etherton bags Lord Denning’s old job title
Southwark crown court sell-off as officials look to cash in on valuable Thames-side property
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‘Lawyered up’: Mr Justice Peter Smith takes legal advice
Judge who is the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation into possible bias instructs corporate and financial crime specialist BCL Burton Copeland
Judge sacked for watching porn in his ‘private chambers’ reprimanded by SRA
Solicitor turned district judge was removed from judicial office in March 2015
Study slams BSB and chambers for failing to reveal diversity data
Damning study comes as top black judge launches campaign to address racism on the bench
Judge fired for watching porn at work claims disability discrimination in employment tribunal battle
Warren Grant says he was unfairly sacked
History to be made as gay judge looks set to swipe Lord Denning’s old job title
Sir Terence Etherton would be the first openly gay Master of the Rolls
Today’s controversial Supreme Court decision is tomorrow’s media law module
As lawyers scramble to offer insight into top court’s celebrity injunction decision, students brace themselves for new media law lecture content
Judicial chill out lounges are the future says law reform group
Judges' private chambers could make way for "judicial hubs"
Mr Justice Peter Smith is BARRED from hearing Addleshaw Goddard cases
The battle continues as list of firms and lawyers over whom he can no longer adjudicate grows and grows
Mr Justice Peter Smith v Blackstone — ‘shocking and indefensible’ letter annotated
Legal Cheek reads between the lines to try and discern what the combative Judge was really trying to say in trenchant missive
‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row
The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases
For heaven’s sake! Man applies for restraining order against God
Official court documents noted that the Almighty failed to attend the hearing