Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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Supreme Court art: Welsh bards
04 Mar 2014I am startled to hear an invocation of the Middle English poet Gower. No, it’s GOWA (the Government of Wales…
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Supreme Court art: risky credit
13 Feb 2014So he went into PC World and… You can hold it there. I already feel like Ruth weeping amid the…
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Supreme Court art: dress codes
23 Jan 2014Call me reactionary but I like a well-designed uniform. What better to suppress merely personal opinions and to preserve the…
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Female judges and judicial pensions
15 Jan 2014The news on success rates for women applying for judicial office is encouraging. However, this appears in most part attributable…
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Hilary Term starts tomorrow
14 Jan 2014It’s the first week of the Hilary Term, which will run until mid-April. Due to the website move (the new…
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Lord Kerr gives the Justice Scotland International Human Rights Day Lecture 2013
09 Jan 2014Miscarriage of Justice – When should an appellate court quash conviction? Law has arguably no function more important than ensuring…
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Supreme Courts around the World: US Health Reform – the Debate Continues
06 Jan 2014Obamacare’s troubled inauguration continued last week, with religion the cause of its latest set-back. On New Year’s Eve, the US…
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Lord Kerr on miscarriages of justice
17 Dec 2013Last week Lord Kerr gave this year’s Justice Scotland International Human Rights Day Lecture, on the topic of miscarriages of…
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Supreme Court art: unpicking immigration law
10 Dec 2013My father’s father is unknown. He got an 18-year-old factory girl from Toxteth up the duff then disappeared from history. He must have…
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Supreme Court art: too much/not enough information
19 Nov 2013I learn that Fine Cell Work, a charity which trains prisoners to create beautiful embroidery, is planning a fundraising auction.…