It looks like it might be possible to reasonably crowd-source whether or
not a decision is critical of the judge, within a lay-person's ability,
though that was a particularly strong criticism and perhaps easier to
read than the norm.
A person (or algorithm looking for particular language) could tag
sentences/paragraphs they particularly feel backs up their choice, to
make moderation easier.
It'd be educational to give people a peek at how the legal system works,
with all the caveats Francis mentioned, anyway.
-t
On 03/01/2011 23:17, Francis Davey wrote:
Reading an appeal decision its clear when judges are really being
criticised (and to what degree). For example the now retired HHJ
Cotran was very trenchantly criticised in:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2006/281.html
who alluded to earlier criticism of the same judge in:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/434.html
It would be great to pick up that sort of case and find ways to remove
judges who behave in such an awful fashion. I'm just not happy about
finding judges who do their jobs properly but (for whatever reason)
have decisions overturned on appeal.
I appreciate you are focussing on the criminal division which will
mostly be appeals against directions, which may be closer to the mark.
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