Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

Articles

22 Jun 2012

Enterprise bill 'laying traps' for both employees and employers

Proposed rules will make previous disciplinary procedures 'look like a picnic'

11 Jun 2012

Stealth tactics: making unfair dismissal worthless

Having found that it could not politically do away with unfair dismissal outright, the government now wants 'to – quietly – make it worthless, says Anya Palmer

11 Jun 2012

Employment update

Sue Ashtiany considers the provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, the right to representation during the disciplinary process, employers' contractual obligations and TUPE

1 Jun 2012

Baroness Neuberger hits out at Clarke over judicial appointments

Lord Chancellor's role 'a disgrace'

22 May 2012

Peter Thornton to become first chief coroner

Judge Peter Thornton QC, a senior circuit judge at the Old Bailey, has been appointed the first ever chief coroner of England and Wales.

16 May 2012

Law Society under fire for banning pro-marriage conference

Event 'sat uncomfortably with our stance' on diversity

15 May 2012

Coleridge J investigated following complaint over marriage comment

Judges neutral stance could be 'fatally compromised' after part in pro-marriage event

23 Apr 2012

Seen, but not heard

Watching a Scottish judge delivering his sentence in a murder case last week was a strange, slightly surreal experience. There was no background noise, no footage of the defendant. The shouts, which later rang out from the public gallery when he was led away, were edited out. The focus was entirely on the judge, Lord Bracadale. He spoke quietly and calmly, giving no hint in the way he spoke of the horrible crime that had been committed.