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Moral courage

Moral courage

Chief justice stands up for judicial independence

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jun 10, 2024
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Advocates and judges must demonstrate moral courage, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the Bar Council’s annual conference at the weekend. Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill said that members of the bar and the judiciary must set aside their own views, beliefs and prejudices in order to secure justice:

The judge must do this to deliver ju…

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