Given his position as Lord Chief Justice, Mr Justice Lowry was able to control which judges heard Diplock cases, where people facing alleged terrorist offences were tried before a single judge in ...

Ministers should consider scrapping jury trials for some crown court cases to tackle record backlogs and delays, a former lord chief justice has said. Lord Thomas has become the latest senior ...

Lord Carswell, a former Lord Chief Justice for Northern Ireland, has died, aged 88. Born Robert Douglas Carswell, he took on the top judicial post in 1997 and continued in the role until 2004.

Concerns were raised about a former chief justice of Northern Ireland over allegations he "dislikes Jews as much as he ...

While Lord Thomas thought an intermediate court might reduce the pressure on crown court lists, he also said the situation was so dire that the justice system would need more money regardless.

1731) and his wife Margery (Scott) and was educated in Perth before moving to London to attend Westminster School. Holding many high ranking judicial posts he was Lord Chief Justice of England from ...

It is thought that the former Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, who is advising the Government on its sentencing review, also supports the reform. The current Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr has ...