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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Haroon Siddique

Chief justice speaks out about plans to recruit 150 judges to deal with asylum cases

 Dame Sue Carr
Lady Chief Justice Carr: ‘Matters of deployment of judges, the allocation of work for judges, and the use of courtrooms, is exclusively a matter for the judiciary.’ Photograph: Rory Lindsay

The most senior judge in England and Wales has spoken out about plans to recruit and train 150 judges to help implement Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy.

The lady chief justice, Sue Carr, said decisions on how judges were deployed should be “exclusively a matter for the judiciary”, adding that plans outlined by the government drew “matters of judicial responsibility into the political arena”.

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