Tag: Judges

Baroness Hale badged ‘affable member’ of Inn ‘staff’ by newspaper
Picture caption gaff

Lord Chief Justice to retire
Lord Burnett steps down next September after six years in role

‘Loud and obvious’ porn halts drugs trial
Lawyer blames hack

Baker McKenzie fees face criticism from High Court judge for contributing to ‘disproportionate’ costs
Partners billing at £801 per hour

Judges to be trained on avoiding ‘inappropriate behaviour’, says Lord Chief Justice
Follows reports of bullying, harassment and discrimination

Ex-Freshfields partner appointed Court of Appeal judge
Sarah Falk becomes only the third solicitor to achieve feat

Judiciary won’t be ‘fully representative’ of society until 2149
120-year wait "unacceptable", says new Law Society president

Lord Lloyd-Jones re-joins the Supreme Court… seven months after retiring
Sir David Richards also elevated to top bench

Top judges use Wikipedia, research shows
Irish Supreme Court decisions with online encyclopedia entry 22% more likely to be cited in later judgments

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court
‘I am standing on the shoulders of my own role models’, says ex-Goodwin and MoFo lawyer

Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour
‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

Top UK judges quit Hong Kong
Supreme Court says it can't continue to endorse administration which has 'departed from values of political freedom'

UK government appoints top war crimes lawyer to help Ukraine on ‘journey to justice’ against Russia
Judge and Doughty Street associate tenant Sir Howard Morrison QC will act as independent adviser to war-torn country's chief prosecutor

Master of the Rolls clarifies comments appearing to suggest small claimants don’t need justice
Legal Twitter takes aim at Sir Geoffrey Vos

Formal warning for judge who conducted hearing from his car
Justice on the go 🚗

Ukraine war: Battle-ready Supreme Court judge urges City law firms to quit Moscow
Ivan Mishchenko swaps robes for rifle

Judge uses ‘International Teddy Act 1908’ to help child adopt his teddies
Young boy penned letter to the Family Court of Western Australia 🧸

Supreme Court starts hunt for two new justices
Follows retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden

Virtual hearings starving junior lawyers of advocacy opportunities, warns top judge
Sir Julian Flaux says many find themselves 'limited to being a tile without picture or sound on a Teams screen'