JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
July/August 2013
The 'modernising' of the judiciary by politicians, and their insistence judges be cosy with senior civil servants, undermines a centuries-old institution
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July/August 2012
'To protect the priceless asset of judicial independence, we need to take great care over the way we choose our judges'
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July/August 2012
I was delighted to see that Michael Supperstone QC, a friend since my university days (1968-71), was recently appointed a High Court judge. But, despite what Downing Street believes, he was not a circuit judge before he joined the High Court.
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July/August 2012
Jack Straw risks losing what little respect he has among family judges and lawyers unless he ensures that Sir Nicholas Wall is named as president of the High Court family division before Easter.
The Lord Chancellor is thought
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