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Lord chief justice to step down

November 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Lord Judge, lord chief justice, announced today that he will retire at the end of September 2013.

A Judicial Office statement said that the process to appoint his successor as senior judge of England and Wales will begin in early 2013.

Igor Judge (pictured), 71, was appointed lord chief justice of England and Wales in October 2008.

Giving evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee this morning the lord chancellor, Chris Grayling, said that in Judge’s successor he would be looking for ‘forward-looking vision, someone who can embrace change and lead change’.

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Progress report on Lord Justice Jackson’s civil justice reforms

July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

In public, Sir Rupert Jackson (pictured) is circumspect about the government’s implementation of civil justice reforms based on his report. In private, he could be forgiven for feeling disappointment over the execution of changes to which he has lent his name.

In addition to time spent on the lengthy report itself, commissioned by the previous government, Jackson accepted a role in promoting his own reforms.

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Lord Judge to hear Twitter bomb hoax case after High Court stalemate

June 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Twitter bomb hoax case is to be heard by the most senior judge in the land after two High Court judges failed to reach agreement on the matter.
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I didn’t forget defence solicitors, says lord chief justice

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The lord chief justice has thanked defence solicitors for the ‘huge contribution’ made in the summer riot court cases, stressing that they had been included in his earlier praise of the rest of the legal profession.

At his annual press conference at the Royal Courts of Justice, Lord Judge said: ‘I want to record publicly that the defence lawyers made a huge contribution to the efficient running of the courts at that time. I am grateful to them.’

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