The Mick Clifford Podcast: A judge's account - Bernard Barton

On this week's pod, Mick and Bernard Barton discuss defamation, juries, and relations between judges and politicians

Bernard Barton joins Mick on this week's pod. File Picture: Collins Courts

Politicians today do not have the same respect for the separation of powers principle when commenting on judges or the judiciary, according to a retired High Court judge. 

Bernard Barton, who oversaw the civil juries list in the High Court, says that the independence of the judiciary and its function was better accepted by the body politic in previous years.