Tag: Judges

Has judge broken the law by ordering artistic pot smoker to sketch him in court?

Cannabis consuming teenager ordered to draw judge and solicitors three times a week

Jul 23 2015 4:05pm

Fried Mars bars — Scottish judges and lawyers love ‘em …

Shock discovery reveals secret legal profession culinary habits north of border

Jul 22 2015 2:40pm

Dinah Rose QC calls on judges to quit Garrick Club after it votes to keep out women

Shock as private members club beloved of senior lawyers stays men only

Jul 7 2015 10:23am

Officialdom clears judge that slammed Lord Harley for dressing like Harry Potter

Lord Chancellor and top judges throw out complaint from Alan Blacker about behaviour of Crown Court judge in Cardiff

Jul 2 2015 12:05pm

Gove goes to war with judges over posh digs

In his first battle with legal profession, new Justice Secretary wants to flog mansions and penthouse lodgings for Crown Court judges on the road

Jun 17 2015 3:38pm

New Lord Chancellor Michael Gove quotes Lord Denning as he is sworn in at the RCJ

“Be you ever so high, the law is above you"

May 19 2015 3:18pm

‘Rappers may have it over judges,’ says Lord Neuberger after listening to Jay Z‏

Judicial bombshell -- Supreme Court supremo Lord Neuberger has been listening to Brooklyn's star hip-hop and gangsta geezer

May 14 2015 11:14am

Association of Women Barristers slams ‘unusual’ Garrick Club after 11 QCs oppose motion to admit women

Exclusive: Male-only club beloved of top lawyers comes under fire from within profession

May 5 2015 11:59am

How old Supreme Court judges look vs how old they really are

New website determines your age by analysing your image -- and there are mixed results for our Supreme Court judges

May 5 2015 9:10am

Twitter outpouring as R v Brown dissenting judge dies

Lord Mustill stood up for the right of consenting adults to get involved in a spot of painful S&M -- but he was on the losing side

Apr 28 2015 12:13pm

Judges sacked for watching porn on court computers

Watchdog acts following "wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office holder" by four judges

Mar 17 2015 10:59am

Judge refuses to let law student observe bail hearing because he was dressed too scruffily

Wannabe lawyer booted out of immigration hearing in London's Taylor House

Feb 23 2015 11:14am

Baroness Hale bemoans 11 years of women judges being overlooked for promotion to the highest court

Comments by UK's top female judge follow Supreme Court president's call for pro-women culture change

Feb 16 2015 10:08am

What judges say Vs. what judges mean

"I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective" = "Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo"

Feb 4 2015 9:52am

Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge

Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal

Jan 21 2015 12:07pm

High Court judge invokes King Lear to bemused divorcing couple

Along comes a clever-clogs on the bench spouting some early 17th-century iambic pentameter

Dec 19 2014 10:53am

US judge opens written ruling with a not-so-funny cartoon in possible bench first

Michigan courtroom is the scene of not quite unrivalled hilarity as Federal Court judge invokes bizarre drawing in insurance litigation trial

Dec 10 2014 11:25am

This is what happens when a judge tweets a schmaltzy motivational quote from the bench during a murder trial

"How are you finding time to tweet during this crazy trial?!" replies surprised journalist to judge's "true friend" musing

Nov 21 2014 10:32am

Pair of judges included in The Independent’s ‘rainbow list’ of top LGBT people

Lord Justice Terence Etherton and Lord Justice of Appeal Adrian Fulford rub shoulders with Alan Carr and Sue Perkins in newspaper's rather random list

Nov 10 2014 3:46pm

Everyday sexism: court mode of address guide implies all male judiciary

A little too close to the truth for comfort

Nov 4 2014 1:47pm