Sir James Munby obituary

Energetic high court judge who became president of the family division and drove through reformsOutspoken when highlighting injustice, Sir James Munby became skilled at inserting resonating rebukes that embarrassed the government into his judgments.As president of the high court’s family division when cuts to legal aid were depriving litigants of representation and NHS services failing to provide patients with appropriate treatment, he challenged ministers directly where he believed it nec