Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

Articles

14 Sept 2017

The future for costs in judicial review

The Unison judgment may inform the debate on Jackson LJ's recent proposal for the current CPR rules on costs in environmental cases to be extended to all judicial review claims, explains Richard Honey

12 Sept 2017

Half of jurors in rape cases reach guilty verdict before deliberation

Juries not necessarily offering 'fair and impartial assessment' of evidence, says researcher

12 Sept 2017

Independence of duty solicitors must be made clear

Headhunt lawyers who are appropriate for judicial roles, suggests criminal solicitor

8 Sept 2017

The price of open justice

PNM demonstrates that the competing principles of suspects' privacy and the freedom to report public court proceedings have yet to be comfortably reconciled, writes Richard Easton

8 Sept 2017

Judicial diversity 'step change' needed to ensure fair treatment of BAME defendants

Lammy report recommends targets for the appointment of minority ethnic judges

7 Sept 2017

Lord Chief Justice 'immensely concerned' over low judicial morale

Failure to address pay and pension issues will have 'a serious impact', says Lord Thomas

7 Sept 2017

Statutory authority for fees for tribunals and courts

Alec Samuels considers the background to the Unison case on employment tribunal fees, and whether it could have wider implications for the ordinary courts

6 Sept 2017

Understanding the litigant in person

Conduct yourself with others as you would hope to be dealt with if in that same position, writes District Judge Howard Kemp