Sentences with phrase «head of the judiciary»

So, after the attempts by the former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, to abolish himself in June 2003, the signing of the Concordat in January 2004, the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act in 2005 and then its implementation in April 2006, the judiciary had hoped for a period of consolidation as the lord chief justice settled into his new role as head of the judiciary.

Writing in this week's NLJ, Khawar Qureshi QC says the judiciary has been subjected to criticism from politicians and the media since the role of head of the judiciary was removed from the Lord Chancellor in 2005.

Lord Phillips is now head of the judiciary, and soon the House of Lords will elect its own speaker for the first time.

What the Blair Government did to the House of Lords is illustrative: after abolishing nearly all the (overwhelmingly Conservative) hereditary peers and deposing the Lord Chancellor as head of the judiciary, they have treated the Lords to wave upon wave of dubious appointments.

We saw him as a senator,» said Senator John Bonacic, the head of the judiciary committee.

The head of the judiciary has allowed it now, after turning down several previous requests from Kokabee's attorney.

His excellent leadership qualities will stand him, and all judges, in great stead when he takes over from me as head of the judiciary.»

The law lords were the highest court in the land and the Lord Chancellor, who was the head of the judiciary, sat in the House of Lords.