Legal

Judge overseeing new planning court says it will put a ‘metaphorical gun to the head’ of litigants

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys, called an ‘activist judge’ by the then head of the planning authority, says it’s not his job to please people

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys. “Law, ultimately, is about people . . . it's got to work, it’s got to be practical insofar as it can be.” Picture: Fergal Phillips