Musings, Memories and Miscellanea
Mr Justice Darling, “Judicial Lightweight”, by Spy
This blog is written about an English judge who died, aged 87, a month before I was born, and inhabited a totally different age. Continue reading “Mr Justice Darling: “an impudent little man in horsehair””
The Bar Council has now published its ”Manifesto for Justice” in the context of the current General Election Campaign. Continue reading “The miserable state of criminal justice”
From time to time I use this site to draw attention to useful “infographics” which will help people understand legal issues, or access the legal help they need, more easily. Continue reading “Infographic: Understanding Lasting Powers of Attorney”
In my last blog I quoted this passage from Peter Glover’s article describing the current low state of judicial morale in this country Continue reading “Judges and vicarious trauma”
A few days ago I retweeted an article written for The Law Society Gazette by Peter Glover, who was a very experienced district judge until his retirement from the Bench last year. Continue reading “The low state of judicial morale”
Yesterday the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) announced the arrangements for the appointment of a new Lord Chief Justice, Continue reading “The appointment of the new Lord Chief Justice”
In Uganda, in the days of Idi Amin, an expatriate judge from England retained his judicial office until his mandatory retirement date. Continue reading “United States Presidents and Habeas Corpus”
Two months ago I was sent a complimentary copy of a new book, Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse.[1] I have now read it. It is a very important academic contribution to an increasingly worrying contemporary debate. Continue reading “Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse”
Last week, to my surprise, the Solicitors’ Journal thought it worth devoting quite a lot of space to a profile of me. Continue reading “The new Constitutional Settlement: Protecting the Judges”
