Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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A day in the life of a judicial assistant: Rachel Barrett
11 Feb 2015I usually get into work at about 9 am, make a cup of tea and discuss the case being heard…
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Lord Neuberger: First-instance judges have duty to make parties “fall into line”
09 Feb 2015The Woolf and Jackson Reforms, along with wider political changes in the role of the judiciary, have transformed the function…
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UKSC courts new talent: applications for Judicial Assistants now being accepted
03 Feb 2015Each year the Supreme Court offers seven fixed-term posts for qualified lawyers to work as legal assistants to the Justices.…
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Supreme Court justices debate decline in dissenting judgments
02 Jan 2015This article was originally posted on the Litigation Futures website on the 19 December 2014 and can be found here.…
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Baroness Hale proposes ‘no fault’ divorce
19 Dec 2014On 12 December 2014, Baroness Hale, the UK’s most senior female judge and Deputy President of the Supreme Court, proposed…
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Supreme Court Art: Crisis, Shelter, Babylon
17 Dec 2014‘What are you doing for Christmas?’ he asked. ‘Crisis,’ I said. ‘Yeah, a friend of mine does that. She spends…
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Supreme Court Art: my confidential memo to HRH
01 Dec 2014To: HRH The Prince of Wales Subject: Loyal Why is the packed courtroom silent for the final three minutes before…
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Lord Neuberger: address to the annual Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference
20 Nov 2014On 7 November 2014, Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, gave the keynote address at the annual Bond Solon…
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Judicial Diversity: Accelerating Change
12 Nov 2014On 6 November 2014, Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC and Karon Monaghan QC published a report Judicial Diversity: Accelerating Change, which…
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Supreme Court Art: the last of England
06 Nov 2014One for spotters: Pora v The Queen will probably be the last case from New Zealand in the Judicial Committee…