The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
It was interesting that it should have been Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers who indulged in a bit of judicial muttering about the Government's proposals to scrap the defence of provocation in murder cases – mutterings which lead Harriet Harman to accuse him of "defending a version of honour killings".
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers tells ministers that their plans to reform murder and manslaughter laws would achieve fairness but at the expense of simplicity.
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
By Christopher Hope and James Kirkup Last updated: 6:10 PM BST 04/07/2008 Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia, the country's most senior judge has said. Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier this year that aspects of sharia should...
Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Wow, just shortly after I found that article about how UK judges are enabling terrorists to roam free, now here's an article in which we learn that Lord Phillips, the top-ranking judge, has declared his support for Shari'a courts in Britain (via Dhimmi Watch): Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his
Times Online - Minette Marrin (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
One of life’s many mysteries is the question of why the lord chief justice Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the most senior judge in England, was moved to speak out in public about sharia.
Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
By Charles Moore http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml'xml=/opinion/2008/07/05/do0501.xml The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, was nice about sharia this week. It is not “only about mandating sanctions such as stoning, flogging, the cutting off of hands and death to those who do not comply with the law”, he said. And the provisions of sharia “do not include the [...]
JURIST (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
[JURIST] Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers said Thursday that there may be applications of Sharia law in the British legal system during a speech at the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre. Phillips' comments were in support of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who controversially said earlier this year that certain aspects of Sharia could...
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Britain's most senior judge declared last night that there was no place for Sharia courts in this country and insisted that all residents were governed by the laws of England and Wales. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, told an audience of several hundred at the London Muslim Centre in Whitechapel that those who chose to live in England and Wales had to accept the laws as they...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Telegraph: Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier this year that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain. The archbishop's remarks sparked a national debate and led to calls for his resignation. Risking inflaming that controversy again, Lord Phillips has said that Muslims in Britain...
Pedestrian Infidel (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Photo of Lord Phillips courtesy of The Telegraph THE TELEGRAPH: Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law, the country's most senior judge has said. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier this year that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain. The archbishop's...
House of Dumb (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Don't be shocked, but one of the guys who keeps inventing new reasons to release terrorists turns out to be an enormous dhimmi. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier this year that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain...
Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
From the UK’s Press Association: Sharia law ‘could have role in UK’ Thursday, July 3 Sharia law could play a role in some parts of the legal system, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, emphatically ruled out the possibility of sharia courts sitting in this [...]
Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
The most senior judge in England and Wales took a step into the world of modelling today - by showing off the new civil gown for judges. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, sported the new civil robe unveiled as part of a package of measures to simplify judicial court working dress
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
No one who has committed a criminal offence should be sent to prison when there is an suitable alternative to custody, the most senior judge in England and Wales said yesterday. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, called for a greater use of community service or probation, which he said could reduce reoffending and help ease prison overcrowding.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
[JURIST] Britain's most senior judge concluded that UK courts are "seriously overstretched" in his first Review of the Administration of Justice in the Courts, published Monday. Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers expressed some frustration with the difficult position he said judges were being increasingly put in by Parliament setting detailed legislative mandates for the judicial process,...
