All articles by Joshua Rozenberg – Page 18
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Jersey offers British lawyers a choice opportunity
For a couple of weeks a year, a select few British lawyers become the envy of their peers. Instead of struggling down the Strand to argue cases before unsympathetic judges, they sit as judges themselves – indeed, as no less than a court of appeal. ...
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An end and a beginning
Richard Susskind envisages a future in which bespoke legal services will be the exception. For many lawyers, says Richard Susskind, it looks as if the party may soon be over. Clients are demanding more for less. ‘The legal market looks set to be a buyer’s ...
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Stalemate in Strasbourg
Why Russia holds the key to creating a streamlined European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights has become a victim of its own success. Applications are up by 23% compared with last year. There are some 95,000 cases pending. Last month, the ...
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Life on the inside
A scathing report of Paddington Green police station deals a blow to the 42-day lobby. The prospect of Parliament backing 42 days’ pre-charge detention in terrorist cases seems to have receded even further this week with the publication of an inside account of conditions at ...
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A fraudster's charter?
Top judges are deeply concerned about plans to introduce 'plea negotiation' in fraud cases. A move to US-style ‘plea bargaining’ in fraud cases would undermine British justice, leading judges have told the government. The comments, from the Council of Circuit Judges, will ...
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Sitting pretty in pink
The vexed issue of how judges should be attired remains the subject of a colourful debate. So it’s pink! That’s the colour to be worn in court by High Court masters, Family Division district judges, bankruptcy registrars and costs judges when they don their new robes ...
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Courting controversy
The time has come for the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court to stand down Radovan Karadzic’s first appearance at the United Nations war crimes tribunal last week must have come as a welcome distraction for those working at ...
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Sending the right message
A skilled communicator will be vital to the way the Supreme Court is perceived