Now a senior judge, a member of the highest court in the land, has expressed reservations.
The courts will ensure the "speedy disposal of cases" involving women, a senior judge said.
Lord Neuberger, the second-most-senior judge in England and Wales, has expressed cautious approval for televised hearings.
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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has been charged with illegally ordering the arrest of a senior judge.
The question is being examined by an official inquiry led by a very senior judge, Lord Justice Leveson.
With that wonderful turn of a phrase, Senior Judge Stephen Williams began another U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.
It would permit a senior judge to read secret material and show it to a jury and family - but not the public.
He had hopes of becoming Britain's senior judge, Lord Chief Justice, but the occupant of the post declined to budge.
Later, peers backed a proposal from the retired senior judge, Lord Woolf, and a former Chief Inspector of Prisons, Lord Ramsbotham.
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On Sunday, Mr Mursi also appointed Mahmoud Mekki as vice-president, a senior judge who fought for judicial independence under Hosni Mubarak.
"We must stay away from a political culture in which losing political power means losing your life, " said the senior judge.
Sir Declan, NI's most senior judge, was speaking at the the Royal Courts of Justice to mark the new legal year.
It will be led by senior judge Lord Justice Leverson and will have the power to summon witnesses to testify under oath.
Again, the accusation, this time from a senior judge, is of incompetence.
Immediately, Mr Blair announced there would be an independent inquiry into the circumstances leading to Kelly's death, under Lord Hutton, a senior judge.
While prime minister, Mr. Regmi will relinquish his judicial duties to another senior judge at the Supreme Court, according to the presidential order.
But Scotland's senior judge, the Lord Justice General, Lord Gill, sitting with the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway, and Lady Paton, rejected his claim.
Non-disclosure of information on terminations in Northern Ireland could be interpreted as a government "paralysed" by cultural and religious divisions, a senior judge has warned.
That a legislator might call up a senior judge for a chat seems odd, as does the conversation's tone, which was all first names and laughter.
Last week, Lord Neuberger, the UK's most senior judge, warned any lawyer or member of the judiciary "worth his salt" would be "troubled" by the changes.
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After being updated on Friday, Northern Ireland's most senior judge, Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, said a date for hearing the appeal should be fixed.
The Prime Minister, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, is a senior judge appointed to lead the caretaker administration which was put in place after talks to form a government collapsed.
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In a Commons statement on 13 July 2011, he told MPs it would be led by senior judge Lord Justice Leveson and would be split into two parts.
The chief justice - the most senior judge in the country - denies keeping undisclosed bank accounts, amassing undeclared sums in foreign currency or engaging in financial misconduct.
According to the IPCC, Ch Insp Riordan presented unsubstantiated evidence to a senior judge when he went to the Old Bailey to apply for warrants to search Mr Watson's property.
Brown said the government would build 14 new "specially-protected courtrooms" for cases involving "violent extremism" and hire a single senior judge and single senior prosecutor to deal with those cases.
Lord Carlile suggested that an application should be made to an experienced senior judge so that an assessment can be made on whether revealing details is in the public interest.
The senior judge said that when O'Connor was asked by an officer for his details he began to give "a wrong and misleading name" and pushed past and ran off.
In 2010 the Seneschal stood down from his role as president of Chief Pleas as he was seen to have an "unfair" dual role because he is also the island's senior judge.
Last week, FBI agents arrested Matthew Ryan Buquet after a grand jury charged him with mailing threatening communication to a senior judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington state.
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