Lady Hale Archives - Legal Cheek

Lady Hale ‘not easy to deal with’, says ex-colleague

Others suggest she was treated ‘more harshly’ than the men and held back from court president role

Feb 4 2020 3:43pm
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‘A symbol of swashbuckling womanhood’: top lawyers pay tribute to retiring Lady Hale

Four reasons everyone’s going to miss Supreme Court chief

Dec 18 2019 12:20pm
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Lady Hale appointed UCL honorary professor ahead of Supreme Court retirement

Beyoncé of the legal profession steps down next month

Dec 18 2019 8:38am
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Eve Cornwell bumps into Lady Hale on the Tube

She was doing a puzzle on the Victoria Line

Dec 9 2019 11:17am
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Half of judges will be women by 2033, Lady Hale predicts

‘We’ve done the sums’

Nov 25 2019 10:29am
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US Supreme Court legend Ruth Bader Ginsburg now has her own Lady Hale spider pin

‘Notorious RBG’ thanks lawyers at 2 Bedford Row for arachnid fashion item

Nov 15 2019 12:00pm
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Hale takes subtle swipe at Sumption over suggestion it will take 50 years to achieve gender equality across judiciary

Outspoken ex-Supreme Court judge made controversial comments in 2015

Nov 12 2019 11:06am
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Parliament prorogation case racked up 30 million views, Supreme Court confirms

Most viewed case of all time

Oct 15 2019 11:45am
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Lady Hale’s ‘girly swots’ quip sparks constitutional row

Supreme Court judge also referenced The Handmaid’s Tale as she told state school heads: ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down!’

Oct 7 2019 12:03pm
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Children’s book starring Lady Hale to hit shelves next month

Will it feature her now-famous spider brooch? 🕷️

Sep 25 2019 1:45pm
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Supreme Court chiefs celebrate 10th anniversary with official portrait launch

Team Supreme snaps unveiled by Hale

Jul 4 2019 8:51am
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Lady Hale on Trump, Beyoncé comparisons and whether the Lord Chancellor must be a lawyer

BBC 5 Live interview fails to break Supreme Court president’s ever-judicious stance

Jun 12 2019 1:18pm
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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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