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Lady Neuberger condemns Constitutional Reform Act 2005 amendments in Crime and Courts Bill 2012
Lady Neuberger has described as “a disgrace” the plans to put the Secretary of State for Justice on the commission appointing the President of the UK Supreme Court and the Lord Chief Justi… more →
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Her Honour Judge Taylor - Speaker - Women at the top - UK Supreme Court - Wed 28th Nov
wrote 6 months ago: Her Honour Judge Taylor (judicial) will be joining our Inspirational YOU panel to discuss ‘Wom … more →
White, Male and Middle Class – is a diverse judiciary a pipe dream?
wrote 10 months ago: Kate Malleson, Professor at Queen Mary, University of London and an Executive Committee member of th … more →
Lord Pannick opposes plan for Lord Chancellor to sit on judicial appointments panels
wrote 11 months ago: Lord Pannick has introduced an amendment to the Crime and Courts Bill that would remove a new requir … more →
Constitutional Reform Act 2005: Amendments on judicial appointments proposed 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Amendments to the 2005 Act are set out in full below The Crime and Courts Bill 2012 has important am … more →
Lady Neuberger condemns Constitutional Reform Act 2005 amendments in Crime and Courts Bill 2012
wrote 1 year ago: Lady Neuberger has described as “a disgrace” the plans to put the Secretary of State for … more →
Malaysia: Land of presumed guilt?
wrote 1 year ago: Oh dear. I was reading the news article about NGOs demanding Anwar to step down when I came to the f … more →
Judicial diversity: Lords call for positive discrimination and targets
wrote 1 year ago: The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice should be under an obligation to encourage diversity in B … more →
Parliament's role in hiring and firing judges
wrote 1 year ago: I mentioned, quite a while ago now, when I posted about the report advocating parliament having an i … more →
Ken Clarke gets his Henry VIII clause into judicial appointments
wrote 1 year ago: We need to talk about Ken – in particular the UK Lord Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke’s dangerous delusio … more →
Ken Clarke defends plans for government role in judicial appointments
wrote 1 year ago: The Lord Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, has defended his proposals to give the government a bigger role … more →
A lesson from history: don't politicise judicial appointments, says senior judge
wrote 1 year ago: Parliament or government should not be brought into Britain’s judicial appointments pro … more →
Ken Clarke's piratical band hijacks judicial appointments inquiry
wrote 1 year ago: What, it must now be asked, is the point of the House of Lords Constitution Committee hearings on ju … more →
An Open Letter from President of Malaysian Bar to all Members of Parliament
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wrote 1 year ago: Dear HU Readers, An Open Letter from President of Malaysian Bar to all Members of Parliament on the … more →
Make search for ethnic minority and women judges obligatory, Lords Constitution Committee told
wrote 1 year ago: There should be an obligation to look for ethnic minority, women and other minority candidates for j … more →
Kenneth Clarke: there should be a positive duty to appoint women and ethnic minority judges
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wrote 1 year ago: Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, has announced a plan for “positive action” in judicial appoin … more →
Judges too keen to use Human Rights Act powers, says Lord Neuberger
wrote 1 year ago: The UK judiciary has become a little too enamoured of its powers to challenge the government as a re … more →
Lack of diversity has harmed UK Supreme Court's judgments, says Baroness Hale
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wrote 1 year ago: The UK Supreme Court has never melded into a collective endeavour because of the lack of diversity a … more →
Judicial appointments, diversity and merit – an unsquared circle
wrote 1 year ago: What is it about the concept of “merit” that is causing such problems in judicial circles? Surely an … more →
Lord Judge says ignore Europe on human rights – or does he?
wrote 1 year ago: Lord Judge or Lord Phillips. Who is right on whether the UK can “ignore” the European Convention on … more →
