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Constitutional marriages can be delicate things, having to resist constant pressures from within and without. Which perhaps makes it all the more remarkable that the one between Scotland and England has lasted for more than three centuries. But are the divorce lawyers now preparing their briefs? Last week, Mark Drakeford warned the Union had never been so fragile and change was needed urgently or the “case for the break-up of the UK will only increase”. Music, no doubt, to Nicola Sturgeon’s ears. The Wales First Minister produced a 20-point plan to improve devolution and see the constitutional marriage survive into the future.
UK Supreme Court launches paid internships
31 May 2021
UK Supreme Court launches paid internships
UK s highest court launches internship programme for aspiring lawyers intended to encourage greater diversity at the Bar
The Supreme Court in London Shutterstock The UK Supreme Court has announced a paid internship programme for future barristers, with candidates drawn from communities underrepresented at the Bar. A joint collaboration with Bridging the Bar, a charity that works to improve equal opportunities and diversity at the Bar, the internships will allow eight candidates selected by the charity to undertake a five-day placement at the Supreme Court. At present, all of the court’s existing judges are white and only two are women, with only 4% of the senior judiciary (drawn from the High Court and above) from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) groups. As of 2020, 14.4% of barristers were drawn from BAME groups, and only 8% of silks. The 2011 census recorded 14% of
Hunt for new Northern Ireland Lord Chief Justice as Declan Morgan prepares to retire Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan,Picture by Hugh Russell. 10 March, 2021 01:00
Siobhan Keegan gave up a lucrative career as the second highest legal aid earning barrister to become a judge
LORD Chief Justice Declan Morgan is to retire after more than a decade as Northern Ireland s most senior judge.
A selection panel is being convened with the process to begin in weeks, with the prospect of the first female appointee the strongest it has been in the post s 99-year history.
The Office of the Lord Chief Justice confirmed to the Irish News that a new head of the judiciary is being sought.