Features
Magistrates, judges and tribunal judges on their work, interests, and personal views of the justice system.
150 years of achievementHH Judge Barbara Mensah spoke to the Law Society, in Chancery Lane, in celebration of the society’s Black History Month 2009. Extracts from her speech are reproduced here.
Building community confidenceNicholas Moss JP delivered a lecture on “Community Confidence, the Magistracy and the right to a Fair Trial” to University of Hertfordshire law students in February 2010. This is a summary.
Choices and consequencesEaling magistrates recruited a former gangster rapper to reach out to young people from the Somali community.
Giving the gift of sightJudge John Lafferty took part in a gruelling event aimed at preventing blindness and supporting the visually impaired in the developing world.
Global life through a lensHis Honour Judge Nic Madge on turning his love of globetrotting and photography into a way of raising thousands of pounds to educate African children
Updating an ancient systemJudge Andrew Bano is the President of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. He talks about a jurisdiction with a venerable history.