William Murray, 1st earl of Mansfield (born March 2, 1705, Scone, Perthshire, Scot.—died March 20, 1793, London, Eng.) was the chief justice of...
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I have taken as my theme what it means to be a judge. A straightforward account might focus on what judges do in court.
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I sat down with Lord Judge for an hour and recorded a candid interview with him about the constitutional reforms introduced by Tony Blair's government between...
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Sign up for our free daily newsletter ... Labour MP Shabana Mahmood has been sworn in as the new Lord Chancellor and justice secretary by Lady...
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Forty years of sentence inflation has left prisons 'unfit for purpose', say former Lord Chief Justices.
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A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong's highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state”
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Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 10th Baronet was the lord chief justice of the Court of Queen's Bench from June 24, 1859, and lord...
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Igor Judge, Lord Judge, barrister, judge and parliamentarian, born 19 May 1941; died 7 November 2023
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Lord Burnett of Maldon, the former Lord Chief Justice, joined Blackstone Chambers on 1 February 2024. His extensive experience makes him ideally suited to...
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An “all-rounder” KC with 56 years of experience as a barrister will become the Lord Chief Justice of Tonga next month.
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