How Long Till He Sleeps With The Fishes?

Sullivan J clearly isn't interested in making himself popular with this Government. He's also responsible for Re: MB (which is closely connected to this case) and R (S & Ors) v. Home Secy (the Afghan hijackers decision). Good thing it's so difficult to remove a High Court judge really.

An odd image out of the "lenient sentencing" row from The Times Law Blog

The judge is embattled – he has had enough – but he is not down and out just yet. In a gesture of melancholic self-assertion, he will abandon the accoutrements of his profession (his wig), but not just any old how. He will despatch this centuries-old symbol of status into the Thames, this most potent of rivers, one steeped in history and figurative importance in British society, one whose gentle waves can be seen from the Temple, one of the major Inns of Court in London. The wig will thus be borne by the tidal currents of the Thames to a new destiny, under the watchful eye of barristers (judges-to-be) in the Temple, while its former owner opts to stagger, glass in hand, into the sunset.

Apropos of something completely different I am currently listening to Henman being his customary disappointing self. Good.