Lady Hale Archives - Legal Cheek

Lady Hale opens up about her ‘brilliant’ mother who went back to work after her father died when she was 13

‘I say thank you to her almost every day for what she did for us’

May 10 2019 9:31am
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Lady Hale says judges don’t use social media for fear of trolls

You won’t be Snapchatting a Supreme any time soon

Mar 21 2019 11:42am
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Women barristers overlooked in favour of men, Supreme Court president says

International Women’s Day: Female advocates complain to Lady Hale that males still scoop the big cases

Mar 8 2019 11:03am
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Lady Hale on courage

Judges must stand up to the government and the media, says Supreme Court president

Mar 4 2019 8:52am
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Courtroom to catwalk? Lady Hale appears in Vogue magazine to mark 100 years of women in law

Supreme Court president humbled by role model status

Jan 11 2019 10:55am
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Lady Hale attacks government ‘austerity’ policies

Supreme Court president in unusual political intervention

Jan 9 2019 1:51pm
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Lady Hale: Summon the ‘moral courage’ to tackle gender pay gap

Fight for what is right and just, says Supreme Court president

Jan 7 2019 11:38am
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Judiciary needs to be more diverse so public don’t view us as ‘beings from another planet’, says Lady Hale

As profession gears up to celebrate 100 years of women in law

Jan 2 2019 1:13pm
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May the force be with the Baroness! Lady Hale to star as Yoda in space-themed play at Gray’s Inn

All Hale the new Jedi master

Dec 11 2018 11:12am
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Lady Hale takes aim at Liz Truss for failing to adequately defend Brexit judges in wake of Daily Mail ‘enemies of the people’ headline

‘Unfortunate example’

Nov 29 2018 12:57pm
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Lady Hale to star in new children’s book

Crowdfunding appeal seeks £25,000 for publication

Jun 18 2018 9:20am
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Lady Hale was on MasterChef last night

Supreme Court president sampled fish dishes alongside space scientists and women’s rights campaigners

Apr 6 2018 10:55am
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Lady Hale will appear on MasterChef this week

From judging cases to judging cooking

Apr 3 2018 1:58pm
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Lady Hale ‘confident’ Supreme Court will go to Wales next year, but ‘logistical issues’ make trip up North less likely

Top judge also shares her difficulty making sense of EU court judgments

Mar 21 2018 2:05pm
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Lady Hale celebrates first birthday since taking Supreme Court’s helm

She will spend it in court

Jan 31 2018 10:20am
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Exploring Lady Hale’s X factor

Supreme Court president’s disarming charisma has earned her fans more loyal than One Direction’s

Nov 24 2017 9:21am
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Self-confessed ‘country girl’ Lady Hale reveals she rejected a magic circle training contract

Things could have been very different for top judge

Nov 23 2017 10:15am
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Lady Hale’s best brooches

The fox, the spider’s web, the frog — Supreme Court’s new president was rocking badges before it was cool

Nov 16 2017 9:41am
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Lady Hale acknowledges ‘Beyoncé of the legal profession’ comparison

Exclusive: ‘It was on Legal Cheek, wasn’t it?’

Oct 25 2017 1:12pm
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New Supreme Court president listed as ‘Lord Hale’

Awkward

Sep 29 2017 9:29am
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Lord Mance defies predictions to be named Supreme Court deputy president

Succeeds law student favourite Lady Hale

Sep 21 2017 10:18am
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Lady Hale: Solicitor-barrister divide to blame for male dominance of the bench

Calls for more to be done on gender diversity in Belfast speech

Aug 22 2017 10:57am
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Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger talks future plans, Brexit nerves and what the justices do for lunch

Exclusive Legal Cheek interview

Aug 10 2017 2:45pm
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History made: Lady Hale to become first female president of the Supreme Court

Who run the world? Girls

Jul 21 2017 10:19am
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Review: Lady Hale and Sir Brian Leveson perform alongside TV and film stars in tragic play about women’s fight for equality within the legal profession

It was rough around the edges, but the message was there

Apr 4 2017 9:03am
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Lady Hale stars alongside Mock the Week comedian Hugh Dennis in play about an Oxford law student

Sir Brian Leveson will be in it too

Mar 23 2017 9:07am
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Video: Students wow Lady Hale with BPTC rap to Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’

The deputy Supreme Court president said she ‘enjoyed’ it

Mar 7 2017 9:03am
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Top journalist says Lady Hale is ‘not fit’ to be next head of the Supreme Court

Brexit comments “must surely rule her out” of presidency running

Nov 23 2016 11:38am
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It’s ‘not about personal views’, says Lord Kerr as Supreme Court gears up for Brexit appeal hearing

But Lady Hale appears to have already upset pro-leavers

Nov 16 2016 9:00am
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Supreme Court churns out SIX judgments this week in prep for summer holidays

Legal affairs junkies — get your fix before August dry spell

Jul 25 2016 9:20am
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Lady Justices Hallett and Sharp tipped to join Baroness Hale at top of the judiciary

Beyoncé could get some friends

Mar 7 2016 12:46pm
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Law students prefer Lady Hale to Lord Denning and Amal Clooney

Big win for Beyoncé

Dec 14 2015 1:21pm
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Beyoncé shakes up evidence and family law syllabuses

Lady Hale wants children to have a greater voice in court

Nov 25 2015 3:30pm
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