Top judge defends judiciary
It seems like everyone in the legal profession currently feel as though they are under attack, even the most senior Judiciary.
In the annual address made to senior Judge’s at the Mansion house last week also attended by Justice Secretary ken Clarke, Lord Judge used all his considerable legal and other skills to make clear his and other judge’s irritation, whilst stopping sort if naming names. He could easily have taken to task those who have been less than helpful, such as European judges or the Prime Minister’s suggestion that judges make up the law on privacy. He could also have pointed out that it is not Judges, but instead politicians, who are in the firing line for the serious hacking scandal and claims of nepotism and inappropriate relationships.
The Lord Chief justice also took the opportunity to make it clear that strenuous efforts need to continue to improve the ethnicity and gender gaps in the Judiciary, which is also to be welcomed, but is no easy task, nor is it a new issue.