Notorious High Court judge, Mr Justice Harman, has resigned following after the Court of Appeal said his 20-month delay in giving judgment in a case “cannot and will not be tolerated”. It is thought to be the first time a High Court judge has resigned in such circumstances and a sign of a crackdown on slow acting judges. He will step down on 20 April by which time he is expected to have given judgment on his one outstanding case. The 54-page appeal judgment said conduct like Harman's “weakens public confidence in the whole judicial process. Left unchecked it would be ultimately subversive to the rule of law”.
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Linklaters advised the Swiss Reinsurance Company on its £80m conditional agreement to acquire the former Baltic Exchange site at St Mary Axe, London EC3 from Trafalgar House Developments, advised by Ashurst Morris Crisp and Cameron McKenna.