The media last Thursday tended to concentrate on the publication of the Constitution Committee’s report on the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill rather than on the Lord Chief Justice’s appearance before the committee the previous day. However, on Friday, The Guardian carried a report on his Lordship’s evidence. It focused on his criticisms of Schedule 7 of the…
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Lord Chief Justice on the Public Bodies Bill
by Lord Norton • • 11 Comments
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, appeared before the Constitution Committee this morning. It was a very revealing session. Lord Judge, in a dinner for Her Majesty’s Judges at the Mansion House in July, said that “my deepest concern at the moment is directed to the increased use of what are described as Henry VIII…
