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Anniversaries
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Births: Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice, 1642; Joseph Rudyard
Kipling, author and poet, 1865; Simon Guggenheim, senator and
philanthropist, 1867; Leslie Poles Hartley, novelist, 1895; Sir Carol
Reed, film director, 1906.
Deaths: Richard, Duke of York, killed 1460; Amelia Jenks Bloomer,
social reformer, 1894; Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Siberian peasant
and mystic, murdered 1916; Rufus Daniel Isaacs, first Marquess of
Reading, Lord Chief Justice, 1935; Romain Rolland, author, 1944;
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Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Former Lord Chief Justice dies in hospital.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; ... of justice by the current Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Robert Carswell. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, who was visiting members of the judiciary in the province when he received news of the death, also paid tribute to Lord Lowry.
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OBITUARY: LORD LANE; Lord Chief Justice criticised for dismissing the appeal of the Birmingham Six.(Obituaries)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: James Morton Geoffrey Lane, Lord Chief Justice of England from 1980 until 1992, will be best remembered for his remark in the 1987 hearing by the Court of Appeal into the appeal of the Birmingham Six convicted at Lancaster Crown Court in 1975. Dismissing the appeal, he commented, 'The
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Leading Article: The Lord Chief Justice deserves a fair hearing.(Comment)
The Independent (London, England)
; FEW JUDICIAL pronouncements have been subject to such gross distortion and misreporting as the recent remarks by Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, on the subject of burglars and burglaries. While it is true that different aspects of government policy towards crime do sometimes point in different
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Leading Article: The Lord Chief Justice deserves a fair hearing
The Independent - London
; FEW JUDICIAL pronouncements have been subject to such gross distortion and misreporting as the recent remarks by Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, on the subject of burglars and burglaries. While it is true that different aspects of government policy towards crime do sometimes point in different
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Pandora: Tough on crime, tough on the Lord Chief Justice.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: HENRY DEEDES Recent comments by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, have caused widespread huffing and puffing which shows no sign of letting up. Last month, Phillips, right, angered right-wing commentators when he called for a new regime where thousands of offenders should be given
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Woolf to quit early; Weary of his battles with Blunkett, the lenient Lord Chief Justice plans his exit.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: JANE MERRICK LORD WOOLF, England's most senior judge, is to retire four years early after a long and bitter battle with David Blunkett over sentencing. The Lord Chief Justice is said to be dismayed at the criticism he has faced for being too liberal on law and order. One friend said
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Lord Chief justice in constitution move.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; Britain's top judge is locked in a major constitutional clash with the Government over the independence of the judiciary, he revealed yesterday. Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf told a Commons committee that he wants the final say over whether or not serving High Court judges are appointed to head
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Chief Justice launches bitter attack on Howard's 'get tough' crime plan
The Independent - London
; DONALD MACINTYRE, PATRICIA WYNN DAVIES and HEATHER MILLS Michael Howard, the Home Secretary, was last night locked in an unprecedented public confrontation with Lord Taylor, the Lord Chief Justice, after announcing tougher sentences for burglary and violent offences in a draconian new Crime Bill.
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The case of a Lord Chief Justice v the newspapers
The Independent - London
; A CAREFUL reading of Lord Woolf's guidelines on sentencing for burglars reveals just how seriously the Lord Chief Justice and his fellow Court of Appeal judges treat this crime. "Domestic burglary is, and always has been, regarded as a very serious offence," Lord Woolf says in a controversial
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The case of a Lord Chief Justice v the newspapers.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; A CAREFUL reading of Lord Woolf's guidelines on sentencing for burglars reveals just how seriously the Lord Chief Justice and his fellow Court of Appeal judges treat this crime. Domestic burglary is, and always has been, regarded as a very serious offence, Lord Woolf says in a controversial
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