Former judge White in costs battle over return-to-work case

Retired judge Barry White may have won his case to be allowed to return to work as a criminal defence barrister, but now he faces a costs battle to ensure that achievement was more than a pyrrhic victory.

The 73-year-old father of four, who cited financial necessity as a reason for his desire to return to practice, is pursuing a Supreme Court appeal against a recent decision directing him to pay the Bar ...