Rogue Judges - Rebels or Reformers? The Case of Sir Henry McCardie

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• Prof. Tony Lentin, Wolfson College
• Tuesday 04 March 2014, 17:45-19:15
• Gatsby Room, Wolfson College.

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This talk is open to the public and may be podcast

The recent forced resignation of Mr Justice Coleridge prompts questions about rogue judges and the boundaries of judicial misconduct. How far may a judge express controversial opinions? How far may his personal convictions influence his decisions? Clashes with the Executive and with his fellow judges characterised the judicial career (1916-1933) of Mr Justice McCardie -`rebel judge who feared nobody’. Did his iconoclasm help or hinder reform of the law? Maverick or hero?

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