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Supreme Court president: I want a BAME justice within six years

Lord Reed also discusses ‘appalling’ treatment of junior barrister mistaken for defendant, in new wide-ranging interview

Oct 5 2020 10:17am
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Lord Stephens appointed Supreme Court judge

Replaces Lord Kerr who retires next month

Aug 26 2020 11:07am
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Scrap the Supreme Court, argues right-wing think tank

UK’s highest bench is guilty of ‘excessive judicial activism’

Aug 3 2020 1:37pm
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‘Eat Out to Help Out’… at the Supreme Court

Top court’s café joins government’s new discount scheme — but remains closed for now

Jul 28 2020 11:11am
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Journal

Uber in the Supreme Court: The case so far

BPTC student Joshua Xerri provides a summary of this week’s two-day hearing and considers some of the wider issues impacting the so-called ‘gig-economy’

Jul 24 2020 11:58am
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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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Outgoing Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath scooped up by top environmental law set Landmark Chambers

Eco-warrior judge the latest ex-justice to land lucrative arbitration gig

Jul 9 2020 12:18pm
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Lady Hale’s spider brooch — which cost £12 from Cards Galore — didn’t have ‘hidden message’

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Jul 7 2020 11:34am
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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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Lady Hale uses lockdown to write her memoirs

The former Supreme Court president has secured a two-book deal

Apr 24 2020 12:55pm
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Justices appear ‘virtually’ during Supreme Court swearing-in ceremony

Lord Justice Leggatt joins top bench amid pandemic lockdown

Apr 21 2020 1:43pm
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Journal

Vicarious liability in the Supreme Court spotlight

Birmingham Uni law student Olivia Gladstone looks at the recent high-profile tort cases involving Morrisons and Barclays

Apr 8 2020 11:51am
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Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic

Richard Susskind-led platform comes as lawyers turn to tech to keep justice system functioning

Mar 31 2020 10:26am
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Supreme Court to hear cases via video link as nation goes into lockdown

Building temporarily closed

Mar 24 2020 10:11am
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Coronavirus: It’s ‘business as usual’, says Supreme Court

Building remains open to the public and cases will continue

Mar 17 2020 9:52am
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The Supreme Court is on the hunt for judicial assistants

Rub shoulders with the UK’s top judges

Feb 12 2020 11:39am
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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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Supreme Scots! Hodge named president Reed’s right-hand man

Reshuffle on UK’s top bench follows Hale exit

Jan 27 2020 1:41pm
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Lord Reed sworn in as new Supreme Court president

Ex-shipping lawyer Lord Hamblen also joins top bench as Lady Hale officially steps down

Jan 13 2020 10:47am
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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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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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