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8 Dec 2011, 3:23 am by Bystander
In a Ministerial Statement Ken Clarke has said:Abolition of Committals: Commencement of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke QC): It is in the interests of victims and witnesses, and of the criminal justice system generally, that court procedures should be made as efficient as possible, for example by cutting out unnecessary court hearings. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 3:23 am by Bystander
In a Ministerial Statement Ken Clarke has said:Abolition of Committals: Commencement of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke QC): It is in the interests of victims and witnesses, and of the criminal justice system generally, that court procedures should be made as efficient as possible, for example by cutting out unnecessary court hearings. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 9:40 pm by Charon QC
Dear Reader Lord Chancellor and  Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke QC MP, one of the ‘big beasts’ in the Tory party, has been in politics for a long time – a former Chancellor of The Exchequer – and (until recently?) [read post]
26 Nov 2011, 3:51 pm by familoo
KC: If I manage to get all my changes through the House of Lords we will still have by far the most expensive system of legal aid in the world. [read post]
24 Nov 2011, 2:15 am by sally
“The justice secretary, Ken Clarke, has reprieved the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales (YJB) from abolition in advance of an expected House of Lords defeat over the move.” Full story The Guardian, 23rd November 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 4:30 am by Susan Cartier Liebel
“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible,” – Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 8:23 am by Charon QC
Ken Clarke is right in one respect: people shouldn’t worry about the lawyers. [read post]
13 Nov 2011, 10:37 am by INFORRM
  Two government ministers are said to be mentioned, as well as the former attorney-general Lord Goldsmith and outgoing director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald” It now appears that the operations in question were being carried out for the “News of the World”. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 10:00 am by Charon QC
In this Without Prejudice ‘Special’ I talk with Carl Gardner about a range of quite important topical issues: The recent speech by the Attorney-General Dominic Grieve on Human Rights, The European Court of Justice and the principle of subsidiarity The impact of the Assange judgment on European Arrest Warrants Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke’s new sentencing proposals on mandatory life sentences and knife crime The Brodie Clark v Home Secretary spat:  In particular… [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 8:40 am
An obvious argument, and one that will no doubt find considerable favour in certain quarters, irrespective of whether it is true.The Bill now passes to the Lords. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 12:31 am by Adam Wagner
But at least somebody in the Government, aside from Ken Clarke, is making the case for reform intelligently and clearly. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 1:02 pm by Ritika Singh
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke calls for secret evidence to be permitted in civil court cases, but faces major resistance from the House of Lords, reports Andy McSmith of the Independent. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 1:42 am by David
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Ken is a D&D nerd, a Rogueliker, a Zeldaphile. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 6:41 am by Charon QC
  Theresa  May’s #Catflapgate earned the derision of Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke who described her example of the Human Rights Act in operation – and she was not making it up – as ‘laughable and childlike’. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 3:51 am by SHG
 As Ken notes, it's just another day at the TSA. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 10:58 am by SOIssues
  I would not be surprised if the Lords and others had stock in these companies. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 1:39 am by sally
Dominic Grieve is to tell Ken Clarke that the lord chancellor’s proposals would clog up the courts with unrepresented litigants.” Full story The Guardian, 28th September 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 12:23 pm by Charon QC
  The UK Human Rights blog reports: Lord Justice Jackson: legal aid should remain for clinical negligence Joshua Rozenberg, in The Guardian, notes: Ken Clarke is right – the European court of human rights needs reform AND FINALLY… a bit of dark humour… from John Bolch over at Family Lore. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 8:09 am by Anita Davies
The Bill finally cleared the House of Lords on Wednesday when peers, who had twice blocked the plan, accepted a compromise proposal. [read post]