Scotland has far fewer judges relative to the population compared to other Council of Europe (CoE) countries, according to a new report. The Council of Europe's European ...
Judiciary
A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant ...
The Israeli government is facing escalating opposition to its controversial judicial reforms, with thousands of people taking into the streets in protest and the country's elite fighter ...
Those unlike archetypal judges have the least trust in the judiciary, according to a new poll. The survey of 5,000 adults undertaken by YouGov for the Good ...
Six new sheriffs have been appointed to the Sheriff Appeal Court (SAC). Sheriffs Brian Mohan, Derek J Hamilton, Gillian A Wade QC, Iain M Fleming, Patrick Hughes ...
Judicial salaries have been frozen for a year, new figures from the Ministry of Justice show.
The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, has described as "idiotic" suggestions that the court should be stripped of its title and said that downgrading the ...
Judges will be allowed to remain on the bench until the age of 75 in a move to address the recruitment crisis in the judiciary. Ministers are ...
The Supreme Court of India has imposed a symbolic fine of one rupee on a lawyer found guilty of criminal contempt for social media posts that criticised senior ...
A number of new sheriffs and summary sheriffs have been appointed. Her Majesty The Queen has appointed 11 sheriffs and three summary sheriffs on the recommendation of ...
Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC has warned that judges suspect ministers are increasingly misleading the courts. Mr Grieve, who served as the UK government's senior law ...
Immigration experts have accused the Home Office of interfering with the independence of the judiciary after it queried the number of detainees being released during the coronavirus ...
Over a dozen judges have been arrested in Slovakia in connection with a police investigation sparked by the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The 13 ...
An MP who has threatened to “take back control” from an interfering judiciary has been appointed Attorney General for England and Wales. Suella Braverman, 39, practised as ...
A justice of the Supreme Court has hinted that the judiciary will not willingly cede any independence in a remark made during the swearing-in of Lord Hodge ...