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‘Not on your life!’ Lord Sumption rules out move into politics

Ex-Supreme Court justice’s comments came during final BBC Reith Lecture

Jun 18 2019 1:48pm
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Lord Sumption: Theresa May deserves ‘respect’ but Boris Johnson’s a ‘clown’

Recently retired Supreme Court justice slams hard Brexit ‘fanatics’

May 31 2019 8:51am
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Lord Denning once told Lord Sumption becoming a barrister would be a ‘big mistake’

The revelation came during the Supreme Court judge’s farewell ceremony this morning

Dec 12 2018 3:55pm
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Lord Sumption tells barristers they’ve been getting it wrong on legal aid

Maverick Supreme Court judge says state funding is essential for crime but ‘discretionary’ for civil work — and bar needs to accept the public think they’re ‘rich toffs’, however unfair that may be

Nov 26 2018 8:28am
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To become a lawyer don’t study law, says Supreme Court’s Lord Sumption — do history, classics, economics or languages instead

Top judge backs law conversion route

Oct 10 2018 2:00pm
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BBC to broadcast lectures on law and politics by Lord Sumption

Outspoken Supreme Court justice will be the 2019 Reith Lecturer

Oct 4 2018 8:46am
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King’s College London law lecturer compares Lord Sumption to Lord Denning in new research about the Supreme Court judge’s ‘individuality’

The paper starts with a Monty Python quote

May 31 2017 9:10am
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Lord Sumption slams TWO of his fellow judges in strongly-worded contract law speech

And then goes on to confess his love for dictionaries

May 10 2017 11:32am
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LSE human rights academic says he’d ‘love’ to have a public debate with Lord Sumption, who slammed him in a scathing book review

Why not?

Mar 28 2017 9:10am
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What is going on with Lord Sumption’s ties?

World goes crazy over justice’s fashion choices, but it’s Lord Pannick QC who really steals the Brexit Supreme Court show

Dec 8 2016 2:56pm
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Lord Sumption tells aspiring lawyers not to do a law degree

Do a history degree instead, says the history graduate

Oct 11 2016 8:55am
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Lord Sumption tells lawyers not to specialise too much, lawyers not happy about it

He’s even been accused of ‘sumptionsplaining’

Jun 10 2016 11:22am
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Lord Sumption’s take on ethnic diversity is as disappointing as his approach to gender

Supreme Court judge’s recent remarks on women judges make his past diversity pronouncements — which have been highlighted to defend his current stance on gender — worth revisiting

Oct 13 2015 11:27am
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Supreme Court says some of Lord Sumption’s comments ‘appear to have been misunderstood’

Highest court moves to quell Twitter storm

Sep 22 2015 5:14pm
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Lawyers are furious about Lord Sumption’s claim that more women judges ‘could have appalling consequences for justice’

Trolling: Supreme Court Judge-style

Sep 22 2015 10:11am
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Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge

First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded

Aug 10 2015 2:30pm
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Do As I Say Not As I Do Advocacy Training: Starring Lord Sumption

Last month we analysed the “smug smile” and poor posture which blight Lord Neuberger’s delivery…

Mar 14 2013 10:16am
‘We Need Some More Girls In Here: There’s Too Many Man, Too Many Many Man’ In The UK Supreme Court

The news that the latest three appointments to the Supreme Court are all men means…

Feb 27 2013 10:27am

Five Ways Barristers Can Treat Mini-Pupils Better

As I continue the Herculean battle to obtain pupillage, I broke a promise to myself…

Aug 1 2012 10:15am
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Lindsay Lohan, Christian Bale And Other Hollywood Stars Pose With Their Lawyers In Surreal Photoshoot

Imagine a photo of the Queen knocking back sherry with her favourite partner at Farrer…

Jul 20 2012 9:13am
GDL Route ‘Made Me a Damn Sight More Rounded Than If I Had Read An LLB’

OccupyTheInns backs Lord Sumption’s recent pro-GDL comments, and draws paralells between drug shame pupil Henry…

Jul 10 2012 10:20am
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