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Why judges shouldn’t explain other judges’ judgments

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Joshua Rozenberg
Dec 27, 2024
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In a letter to The Times yesterday, a retired High Court judge suggested a way in which the judiciary could defend itself against public criticism.

Sir William Charles, who sat in the Family Division from 1998 to 2013 and then served as vice-president of the Court of Protection until his retirement in 2018, was responding to a leading article criticising…

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