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	Lord Chancellor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord Chancellor is the Speaker (presiding officer) of the House of Lords.
		The Lord Chancellor is also involved in the annual ceremony known as the State Opening of Parliament, during which the Sovereign delivers the Speech from the Throne (also known as the King's or Queen's Speech), outlining the agenda of the Government for the upcoming parliamentary session.
		The Lord Chancellor is entitled to an annual emolument of Â£207,736 and to an annual pension of Â£103,868.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Chancellor (4338 words)

	Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In May 1997 Blair became Prime Minister and Falconer was made a life peer as Baron Falconer of Thoroton, of Thoroton in the County of Nottinghamshire (he was the first peer created on Blair's recommendation), and joined the government as Solicitor General.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton remained Lord Chancellor while the process to abolish the office was started, but announced his intention not to use the Lord Chancellor's power to sit as a judge.
		The replacement of Lord Irvine of Lairg, Blair's mentor, with Lord Falconer of Thoroton, one of his best friends, gave Blair's opponents a further opportunity to criticise the role of "Tony's cronies" in the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_Falconer (521 words)

	Charlie Falconer Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Leslie Falconer, Lord Falconer of Thoroton (born November 19, 1951) is a British lawyer and Labour Party politician.
		In May 1997 Blair became Prime Minister and Falconer was made a life peer and joined the government as Solicitor General.
		Falconer remained Lord Chancellor while the process to abolish the office was started, but announced his intention not to use the Lord Chancellor's power to sit as a judge.
	personals.top5miami.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charlie_falconer.html (336 words)

	Oral evidence
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: No, I think they always knew that what was required was a phase whereby legislation would have to be passed before the Lord Chancellor's office was abolished, so it was always known and I was appointed on the basis that I would be Lord Chancellor until the office was abolished.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: Obviously there are arguments both ways but as a government we have come firmly to the view that the right argument is that you should separate the final Court of Appeal from the legislature, it is wrong that the two are together.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: The critical role is to defend the independence and the integrity of the judiciary.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmlcd/uc903-i/uc90302.htm (10809 words)

	UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: The sorts of cases you are describing are cases where, in effect, the Strasbourg Court has said "unlawful conduct on the part of the United Kingdom Government".
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: I agree with that.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: I agree with the proposition that it was always made clear that the fact that you were "a private body" would not necessarily mean you were not a public authority within the meaning of the Act.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/jt200304/jtselect/jtrights/uc106-i/uc10602.htm (13374 words)

	Lord Falconer [Definition]
		Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign.
		Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, and Queens College (?), Cambridge, Lord Falconer became a flatmate of Tony Blair when they were both young barristers In many common law jurisdictions, a barrister or advocate is a type of lawyer, particularly one entitled to appear before the superior courts of that jurisdiction.
		The post of Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs took over many of the responsibilites of the Lord Chancellor, the Welsh Secretary and the Scottish Secretary The Secretary of State for Scotland is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office.
	www.wikimirror.com /Lord_Falconer (1380 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - Falconer woos Scotland's lawyers
		Lord Falconer is expected to face a tough time, with his audience of senior judges and lawyers including some of his fiercest critics.
		Lord Falconerâs proposals would see the law lords replaced with a UK supreme court and the abolition of the historic position of lord chancellor.
		Lord Falconer, a close confidant of Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, was born in Edinburgh and educated at Glenalmond before leaving Scotland for Cambridge.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=200932004 (856 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Bid to cut court witness stress
		Lord Falconer wants all crown courts and 90% of magistrates' courts to have facilities to keep witnesses separate from defendants within four years.
		Lord Falconer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was impossible for some elderly people to go to court to give evidence.
		Lord Falconer said it was right for the highest court to be completely distinct from Parliament.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4070955.stm (515 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Falconer outlines timetable for reform
		Lord Falconer said a discussion paper on the creation of a new body to appoint judges and on the setting up of a supreme court would be published on July 14.
		Lord Falconer made clear that he would carry out all the lord chancellor's duties in relation to the judiciary until the post was abolished.
		Lord Falconer said today there was value in the two halves of criminal justice being kept apart.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /constitution/story/0,9061,980787,00.html (1013 words)

	Scotsman.com News - UK - Falconer reaches for compromise on asylum
		LORD Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, appealed for compromise yesterday over plans to strip asylum seekers of their right to appeal.
		Lord Falconer, the Prime Ministerâs former flatmate, said the government was listening to such concerns and would "look at changes".
		Abolition of his post of Lord Chancellor and replacing appeal hearings in the Lords with a supreme court were pushed out to a select committee despite fierce opposition from ministers, possibly paving the way for the Commons to force it through using the Parliament Act.
	news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=298902004 (602 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Falconer's plans for judges bring out fire in Lord Woolf's belly
		Lord Woolf certainly supported increasing the pool of applicants from which the judiciary is drawn.
		Lord Woolf's third challenge for Lord Falconer was to provide "reasonable but not excessive" rewards for lawyers practising in the criminal courts.
		Lord Woolf, speaking for the majority, concluded on pragmatic grounds that the board could disclose the sensitive material to a specially appointed advocate, who would represent Roberts at a closed hearing.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/14/nlaw14.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/14/ixhome.html (986 words)

	Welcome to the official Oh, No, It's Not The Millennium Dome website
		Lord Falconer said yesterday on the Radio 4 Today Programme: "Greenwich Council estimate that 30,000 new jobs will be created in the next seven years as a result of the project".
		Lord Falconer called Greenwich "one of the poorest parts" of the country.
		Lord Falconer could not have known the Dome was on budget because, as new NMEC boss David James revealed yesterday, it was keeping no full record of assets and contracts.
	millennium-dome.tripod.com /lies.htm (1301 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Lordly heights for Blair's friend
		Charlie Falconer was a childhood friend of the prime minister and the pair later shared a London flat in the early days of their legal careers.
		Lord Falconer's biography clearly explains his close personal links with Mr Blair, but the relationship between the two men got off to a rocky start.
		Lord Falconer's legal prowess was well-harnessed in his first government job - as solicitor-general.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2984844.stm (684 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Though the members of the Lords Select Committee that scrutinised the Constitutional Reform Bill reached agreement on little else when they reported at the beginning of July, they did agree that the Concordat should be brought into effect through the Bill.
		Speaking at the Lord Mayor's dinner later that month, Lord Woolf said that the Concordat was "universally endorsed by the judiciary as providing essential protection for the independence of the judiciary into the future".
		The signals are that Lord Falconer has agreed to keep the ancient title of Lord Chancellor while reforming the job from top to bottom.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/02/nlaw02.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/09/02/ixhome.html (946 words)

	Independence of the judiciary Lord Falconer Judicial independence
		In a statement to the House of Lords, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor set out details of the Government's proposals on the current functions of the office of Lord Chancellor which relate to the judiciary.
		Lord Falconer said the effect of the change would be to make a clear separation between the executive and the judiciary.
		Lord Woolf indicated that he made his remarks with the support of the Judges' Council and the senior judiciary of England and Wales.
	www.spr-consilio.com /artels7.htm (1115 words)

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		Crucially, why did Lord Falconer choose a method of inquiry which was specifically designed to be invoked in multiple death scenarios, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of inquiry, as in a rail disaster?
		It is a fact that Lord Hutton was not equipped to attain that level of proof since he lacked the statutory powers necessary to achieve it.
		Finally, if Lord Falconer, Lord Hutton and the Coroner have so failed in their legal duties, as it appears they have, is it not reasonable to ask why it was thought necessary to subvert due process in the first place?
	irevolution.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=1325 (1359 words)

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		Lord Falconer said this step would include "robust safeguards" for consumers and a licensing scheme to determine a business’s fitness to represent legal clients.
		The measures outlined by Lord Falconer closely track recommendations made in December by Sir David Clementi, a nonlawyer with a background in banking and finance who headed a commission appointed in July 2003 by Prime Minister Tony Blair to review the legal profession’s regulatory structure.
		While Lord Falconer’s speech is expected to give momentum to the government’s plan to overhaul the structure for regulating legal services in England and Wales, the proposals aren’t a done deal—at least not yet.
	www.rapidocs.org /press/abareformproposals.asp (1292 words)

	Secondhand dome, one owner, going cheap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On Wednesday, a deal to sell the Millennium Dome was finally secured by Lord Falconer.
		Falconer: "Now look here, I've told you before, I was merely trying to clear the boy's airway.
		MDL: "Sorry about that Lord Falconer, I was just reminded of something funny I saw earlier.
	www.lnreview.co.uk /hi/000347.php (307 words)

	DeadBrain - The Wedding: Lord Falconer clarifies clarification
		Controversy surrounding the forthcoming wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla "Cammy-Knickers" Parker Bowles continues unabated as the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, has been forced to issue a clarification to his previous clarification concerning the legality of the wedding.
		In a written statement to the Lords intended to clarify the situation he said that as it is to be a civil ceremony it would not break the law because the happy couple are protected by the Human Rights Act.
		An embarrassed Lord Chancellor was therefore forced to issue a further clarification to clarify his statement of yesterday.
	www.deadbrain.co.uk /news/article_2005_02_24_2130.php (520 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Columnists \| Catherine Bennett: Hurrah for Lord Falconer!
		As Lord Falconer has explained, that is no reason not to smash it to pieces in the name of modernisation.
		If the reasoning behind Lord Falconer's vision is not invariably obvious to the lay observer, this is doubtless related to our inferior understanding of complex legal matters, rather than to any deficiencies in his plan.
		Yet more perplexing - not that this is in any way a scurrilous and disrespectful reflection on Lord Falconer's achievement - is his assertion that a modern secretary of state for constitutional affairs, selected by and answerable to the prime minister would be more resistant to political pressure than a traditional lord chancellor.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Columnists/Column/0,5673,1146200,00.html (862 words)

	West Suffolk Branch Alzheimers Society Where to find us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I had the pleasure of being asked to attend a meeting with Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, on Friday 15th October.
		Lord Falconer requested a meeting with carers to hear first hand experience of caring for someone with dementia.
		Lord Falconer certainly went away with a better insight of what families are up against.
	www.alzheimers.org.uk /BranchWebsites/WestSuffolk/lordf.html (195 words)

	ePolitix.com - Falconer: FoI will open procurement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lord Falconer claimed that the new legislation, which throws open access to information, would make a "profound difference".
		Falconer went on to claim that the "big bulk" of requests would come from business rather than individuals.
		He added that business should not see the new legislation as a means of securing competitive advantage over their rivals for government contracts.
	epolitix.com /EN/News/200411/fadf8602-59c2-4c3e-9008-bc7d5821497e.htm (247 words)

	Judicial Committee of the House of Lords - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For example, the Lords were asked to decide whether General Pinochet who was the former head of state of Chile had state immunity from prosecution on torture charges when he was detained in the United Kingdom.
		The Law Lords are the highest court in England, but they have traditionally had no power to declare laws invalid or unconstitutional, as do supreme courts elsewhere, though the under British constitutional law principles they could declare a law to be inoperable as being contrary to the laws of the land.
		The senior judge is the Lord Chancellor who is also head of the House of Lords and a minister in the government — it is powerful constitutional position.
	www.questionz.net /Law/Judicial_Committee.html (589 words)

	Lord Falconer signals better court facilities for victims and witnesses
		Lord Falconer stressed that that these proposals were part of a wider package of measures to improve conditions and the court experience for witnesses.
		Lord Falconer was speaking during a visit to Wimbledon Magistrates' Court, which has a dedicated witness area for prosecution witnesses with a video link to the courtroom for vulnerable witnesses.
		Witness care was one of the priority areas contained in Lord Falconer's Department's 'DCA Strategy: Delivering Justice Rights and Democracy', published today.
	www.cjsonline.org /the_cjs/whats_new/news-3093.html (643 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Falconer turns back on history
		The Blairite Lord Falconer, history's most reluctant lord chancellor, turned and walked back to his seat like any old commoner after handing her a copy of the Queen's speech to read to the nation.
		In the good old days, lord chancellors walked backwards to their seats, even when they were quite old and doddery.
		Lord Hail sham's walk during his long tenure in the office under Margaret Thatcher was the most nail-biting moment of the day.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /queensspeech2004/story/0,15521,1358370,00.html (207 words)

	Lord Falconer hails first month of FOI as a success
		Lord Falconer hails first month of FOI as a success
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		In what he called a 'new era in the relationship between citizen and state', enquiries have been made for documents on anything from artwork loaned to Cabinet Ministers to details about NATO agreements.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page7044.asp (286 words)

	Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC (born November 19, 1951), is a British lawyer and Labour Party politician.
		In June 2003 he became the first Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and (possibly the last) Lord Chancellor.
		This page was last modified 03:59, 6 Nov 2004.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Lord_Falconer_of_Thoroton (364 words)

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