Tag: Judges

Coronavirus laws a ‘secondary consideration’, says Sumption
Former Supreme Court justice says people should decide for themselves whether or not to obey the law

Private members club frequented by top judges and QCs faces legal action over men-only policy
Businesswoman Emily Bendell instructs Leigh Day to seek injunction stopping Garrick Club from operating ‘discriminatory’ policy

Lord Stephens appointed Supreme Court judge
Replaces Lord Kerr who retires next month

Sir Geoffrey Vos appointed new Master of the Rolls
Replaces Sir Terence Etherton in January 2021

Scrap the Supreme Court, argues right-wing think tank
UK’s highest bench is guilty of ‘excessive judicial activism’

Outgoing Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath scooped up by top environmental law set Landmark Chambers
Eco-warrior judge the latest ex-justice to land lucrative arbitration gig

Why judges are not ‘Enemies of the People’
Legal Cheek reviews the latest book offering by legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg

Re-hearing ordered in child custody case after US judge accepted Facebook friend request from the mother
She liked 18 of the judge's Facebook posts

My electrician makes more than a junior barrister, ex-judge complains
Sir Richard Henriques aghast at tradespeople out-earning lawyers

Family barrister becomes one of the UK’s first hijab-wearing judges
Raffia Arshad wants ‘to make sure the sound of diversity is heard loud and clear'

‘Well said, Lord Sumption’: Elon Musk backs former Supreme Court judge’s warning that lockdown breaches human rights
Mighty tech and legal minds unite

Lady Hale uses lockdown to write her memoirs
The former Supreme Court president has secured a two-book deal

Justices appear ‘virtually’ during Supreme Court swearing-in ceremony
Lord Justice Leggatt joins top bench amid pandemic lockdown

Home-working judge appears topless on Zoom
Easily done

Get out of bed and put on a shirt, judge tells Zooming lawyers
Makes plea after lawyers online etiquette falls short

Supreme Court to hear cases via video link as nation goes into lockdown
Building temporarily closed

Coronavirus: It’s ‘business as usual’, says Supreme Court
Building remains open to the public and cases will continue

How future lawyers can take advantage of the digital revolution
Legal Cheek reviews latest book offering from Professor Richard Susskind

Court of Appeal judges pause Heathrow expansion on climate change grounds
Government must now formally reconsider third runway, this time factoring in the Paris climate agreement

Old Bailey juries sent home after ‘unusually large parcel’ blocks court toilets
Was it a 'huge fat ball' from the court kitchen?