Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
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Supreme Court art: joint enterprise with the Privy Council
30 Oct 2015I once went to the Old Bailey as a tourist. An official stuck his head round the door of the…
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Supreme Court art: legal high
15 Oct 2015Donald Trump, who breeze-proofs his hair with a baseball cap, is taking on a proposed wind farm near his golf…
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UKSC Blog interviews Lord Mance
05 Oct 2015To coincide with the 10-year anniversary this month of his appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Cathryn Hopkins…
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Lord Sumption wants to talk about women in the judiciary; why?
05 Oct 2015Lord Sumption wants to talk about women in the judiciary. The first question this raises is, why? If I ever…
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Rushing for gender equality
22 Sep 2015Yesterday the London Evening Standard published an interview with Lord Sumption on the subject of gender equality in the judiciary…
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Not waving, but drowning? : EU Law, Common Law fundamental rights and the UK Supreme Court
22 Jun 2015Introduction The relationship between European Union (‘the EU’) law and the municipal law of the United Kingdom (‘the UK’) seems…
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Supreme Court art: unbottling the spider
09 Apr 2015A good day to bury a bad king. Lord Neuberger reads today’s judgment in Court 1, where there is a…
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Is the New Zealand Parliament about to drop commitment to the rule of law?
02 Apr 2015The curious case of the missing purpose clause in the re-write of courts legislation The New Zealand Parliament seems about…
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A week in the life of judicial assistant: Yaaser Vanderman
06 Mar 2015Monday I usually sit in court if one of my Justices (Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson) is on the panel.…
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JAC publishes response to judicial diversity report
02 Mar 2015On the 16 February 2015, the Judicial Appointments Commission published its response to the report by Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC…