Lord Sumption Archives - Legal Cheek

Coronavirus laws a ‘secondary consideration’, says Sumption

Former Supreme Court justice says people should decide for themselves whether or not to obey the law

Sep 14 2020 10:15am
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Lord Sumption admits breaking ‘absurd’ lockdown laws

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Jul 22 2020 11:39am
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Will Lady Hale and Lord Sumption keep sitting as judges in Hong Kong in wake of new China security law?

Senior legal figures have expressed concerns

Jul 13 2020 1:50pm
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‘Well said, Lord Sumption’: Elon Musk backs former Supreme Court judge’s warning that lockdown breaches human rights

Mighty tech and legal minds unite

May 4 2020 12:24pm
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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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‘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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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