Mrs Justice Rafferty, an impressive judge with strong opinions

7 October 2010 at 10.00 am in Court 2 in The Royal Courts of Justice, Mrs Justice Rafferty will sit in the Administrative court of justice to rule over the permission for the judicial review of the asylum claim of Charles ATANGANA, an investigative economic journalist from Cameroon and an Nuj member.

 Mrs Justice Rafferty will have to listen to the argumentation that the Secretary of State for Home Departement represented by the Home Office will put in front of her as consideration to kick the nuj activist from the Uk and to those, Margaret Phelan, the Nuj barrister will put forward to challenge, the Home Office arguments as well.

 It will then be an impressive debate between two highly skilled women and barristers in the High Court of Justice.Mrs Justice Rafferty is described as an impressive judge who sits in her Old Bailey chambers to conduct debate in court

. She was appointed High Court Judge in 2000, year that Cameroon was declared the first corrupted country in the world by Transparency International. But today she will have to conduct debate on an immigration matter even she is specialized in criminal matter as well. From journalists point of view, she has a strong opinions on the British criminal justice system, but remains convinced it is one of the best in the world. Some even describe her as an impressive judge and also she favours restorative justice.

 Restorative justice is where an offender meets his victim and both try to come to term with his crime. And today, the nuj member is not an offender but a victim of the Uk immigration policy and system that has been described as not fit for purpose by previous Home secretaries, John Reid, Charles Clarke Jacquie Smith and Alan Johnson.. In an interview with a specialised magazine, she was asked a question why she joint the bar and she replied she came to the Bar because she was advised by her mother.

 She also declared that if you choose to live in the UK, you live by its rule. Mrs Rafferty has the air of a ferocious but very punctilious dormouse and rubs her hands a good deal as if she suffers from poor circulation.

 A description that was made by a journalist covering a debate in court during a criminal hearing.. .As every barrister knows that he has two duties, his duty to his lay client and his duty to the Court,

 lets hope that today Mrs Justice Rafferty who is againsts racism, torture, violation of human rights and also a modern judge, will listen to both parties and then decide what is or will be the best for the nuj activist. Journalists and others union members will be gathering around 9.30am at the High Court in support of one of their member.