London - A senior judge linked with controversy throughout his 16-year High Court career resigned yesterday after being accused by the Court of Appeal of conduct which "weakens public confidence in the whole judicial process".
Three appeal judges were angered by Mr Justice Harman's treatment of a farmer bankrupted by a confidence trickster, who was kept waiting for 20 months before judgment was given in his negligence action against accountants.
A retrial of Mr Rex Goose's case was ordered after it was learned that Justice Harman had forgotten parts of the essential evidence by the time he came to deliver judgment.