The Judiciary

Introduction

The Three Is - Independence, Impartiality and Intergrity. Go to page 6 of this 'Guide to Judicial Condcut' to make notes on what each of those are.

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Circuit and Recorder Judges VideosHHJ Stacey was a solicitor and employment judge before becoming a Circuit judge in 2014. HHJ Mukherjee was a criminal Barrister before being appointed to the Circuit Bench in 2015. HHJ Kalyani Kaul QC was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2015 at Snaresbrook Crown Court London, and now sits at Wood Green. Commercial lawyer Ed […]

Judges - Funding

Senior Salaries Review Body The Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) provides independent advice to the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Secretary of State for Health and the Home Secretary on the pay of Senior Civil Servants, the judiciary, senior officers of the armed forces, senior managers in the NHS in England and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) arm’s length bodies, Police and Crime Commissioners and chief police officers. SSRB is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Cabinet Office .

Largest funding increase in more than a decade for justice systemVictims, courts and prisons will benefit from the Ministry of Justice’s largest funding increase in more than a decade, awarded in yesterday’s Spending Review.

Limitations of the judiciary in achieving social control

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Criminal courts | Institute for GovernmentThe backlog of cases that started during the pandemic will affects courts for years to come.

Criminal Justice Alliance | For a Fair and Effective CJSThe Criminal Justice Alliance is a network of 170 organisations working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system. Find out more.

‘WHO IS GAZZA?’ ISN’T THERE AN OPERETTA CALLED LA GAZZA LADRA? (MR JUSTICE HARMAN)

Controversial life of High Court judge nicknamed ‘Harman the Horrible’ and who once booted a taxi driver in the groin documented in incredible obituary - Legal CheekSir Jeremiah Harman dies at 90

JUDGE WHO SPARED ASPIRING OXFORD STUDENT FROM JAIL AFTER SHE STABBED HER PARTNER IS CLEARED FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO THREE COMPLAINTS (HARLEY, 2017)

Lavinia Woodward: Sentencing judge investigatedIan Pringle QC gave Lavinia Woodward a suspended sentence for stabbing her boyfriend.

‘MANCHESTER UNITED CAN AFFORD IT’ SAYS JUDGE AS HE LETS OFF THIEVING BURGER KIOSK WORKERS (SCHEERHOUT, 2017)

Seven thieves who stole from Manchester United walk freeSEVEN Manchester United fans who stole £600 after getting jobs as kiosk workers at Old Trafford have gone free after a judge said of the £2.2bn club: “They can just about afford that can't they?”

JUDGE LETS OFF SEX ABUSER THEN BLAMES VICTIM (RANTZEN, 2013)

Judge calls victim, 13, a 'sexual predator': Outcry as 41-year-old manAttorney General to consider whether to ask Court of Appeal if suspended eight-month jail sentence was unduly lenient

Crimes committed by those with moral imperatives

Kay Gilderdale: A devoted motherHer 31-year-old daughter Lynn led an "unimaginably wretched" life and "feared degeneration and indignity far more than death"

Luke Steele: Profile of a Convicted Animal Rights ActivistThe Anti-Vivisection Coalition (AVC), formed in August 2013, has been getting some press recently, campaigning against medical research at Cambridge University and Newcastle University. But in fact…

The truth about force feedingSurvivors recall brutal force feeding in prison.

The Stanstead 15

Repeat offenders

Man caught on CCTV stealing 144 bars of chocolateJordan Thomson was also found taking coffee, washing detergent, vodka and meat from Worthing stores.

Unduly Lenient Sentences

Ian Patterson's case

Breast surgeon who carried out needless operations has sentence increased by 5 yearsSentence increased from 15 years

Two of the UK’s most prolific rapists have their sentences increasedJoseph McCann and Reynhard Sinaga have had their sentences increased by 10 years following intervention by the Solicitor General.

Judges in the media spotlight

Judge Phillip Catten

Judge 'falls asleep' in court, forcing rape trial collapseA judge has been accused of falling asleep during the testimony of a young witness, causing the collapse of a rape and sexual assault case.