William Edgar Rayner Goddard,Baron Goddard,was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1946 to 1958,known for his strict sentencing and mostly conservative views despite being the first Lord Chief Justice to be appointed by a Labour government,as well as the first to possess a law degree. Goddard's no-nonsense reputation was reflected in a number of nicknames that he acquired,which included:'The Tiger','Justice-in-a-jiffy',and—from Winston Churchill—'Lord God-damn'. He is considered one of the last hanging judges.
International criminal law (ICL) is a body of public international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. The core crimes under international law are genocide,war crimes,crimes against humanity,and the crime of aggression.
There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance,in line with the order of the courts in which they sit,so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are given more weight than district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and Wales. Some judges with United Kingdom-wide jurisdiction also sit in England and Wales,particularly Justices of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and members of the tribunals judiciary.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a convicted war criminal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the first person ever convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He founded and led the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and was a key player in the Ituri conflict (1999–2007). Rebels under his command have been accused of massive human rights violations,including ethnic massacres,murder,torture,rape,mutilation,and forcibly conscripting child soldiers.
The International Criminal Court has opened investigations in Afghanistan,the Central African Republic,Côte d'Ivoire,Darfur in Sudan,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,Kenya,Libya,Uganda,Bangladesh/Myanmar,Palestine,the Philippines,and Venezuela. Additionally,the Office of the Prosecutor conducted preliminary examinations in situations in Bolivia,Colombia,Guinea,Iraq / the United Kingdom,Nigeria,Georgia,Honduras,South Korea,Ukraine and Venezuela. Preliminary investigations were closed in Gabon;Honduras;registered vessels of Comoros,Greece,and Cambodia;South Korea;and Colombia on events since 1 July 2002.
Alastair Peter Campbell,Lord Bracadale is a retired senior Scottish judge.
Sir Colman Maurice Treacy is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal. Previously,he was a barrister in Birmingham. He presided over a number of criminal trials,including those of an Afghan warlord,Faryadi Sarwar Zardad,and two of the killers of Stephen Lawrence.
Ekaterina Trendafilova is a Bulgarian lawyer and judge with international and domestic experience. She is currently serving as the first President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers –a position to which she was appointed in December 2016 for a four-year term and took her office on 12 January 2017.
Sir Brian Henry Leveson is a retired English judge who served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice.
The International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the Second Congo War and its aftermath,including the Ituri and Kivu conflicts. The war started in 1998 and despite a peace agreement between combatants in 2003,conflict continued in the eastern parts of the country for several years. In April 2004 the government of the DRC formally referred the situation in the Congo to the International Criminal Court,and in June 2004,prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo,formally opened an investigation. To date,arrest warrants have been issued for:
Sir Richard Somers Travers Christmas Humphreys was a noted British barrister who,during a sixty-year legal career,was involved in the cases of Oscar Wilde and the murderers Hawley Harvey Crippen,George Joseph Smith and John George Haigh,the 'Acid Bath Murderer',among many others.
Dame Julia Wendy Macur,DBE,known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur,is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019,she was the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales.
The Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales is a member of the Court of Appeal appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to supervise the Presiding Judges for the various judicial circuits of England and Wales. The Senior Presiding Judge is responsible for deployment and personnel issues for all circuits and acts as a "general point of liaison" for the courts,judiciary and Government.
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde,PC,styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Holroyde,is an English Court of Appeal judge,formerly a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales,Queen's Bench Division. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in October 2017. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2017. In 2015 he was appointed a member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales,and served as its Chairman between 2018 and 2022. In June 2022 he was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal,succeeding Lord Justice Fulford.
Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy,who served from 3 February 2015 to 30 November 2020. Prior to his appointment to the High Court,he served as a judge at the Court of Appeal,Supreme Court of Victoria,where he presided from June 2004 to 2015.
Sir David Michael Bean is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir James Richard William Goss,styled The Hon. Mr Justice Goss,is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales,assigned to the King's Bench Division. He was previously a Queen's Counsel,specialising in criminal law.
On the evening of 3 March 2021,33-year-old Sarah Everard was kidnapped in South London,England,as she was walking home to the Brixton Hill area from a friend's house near Clapham Common. She was stopped by off-duty Metropolitan Police constable Wayne Couzens,who identified himself as a police officer,handcuffed her,and placed her in his car before transporting her to Kent. Couzens subsequently raped and strangled Everard,before burning her body and disposing of her remains in a pond in woodland.
On 22 November 2021,Lady Elish Angiolini KC was commissioned by then Home Secretary,Priti Patel,to conduct an independent inquiry as to how off-duty Metropolitan Police officer,Wayne Couzens,had the ability to kidnap,rape,and murder Sarah Everard,a member of the public. One aim of the inquiry was to ensure Everard's family,as well as the public,received a full explanation as to the causes and factors contributing to her murder.
