Last week I posted a summary of the talk I gave at a Howard League conference 15 years ago, just before the Human Rights Act came into force. Continue reading “My Talk on Prisoners’ Rights and the HRA”
Month: October 2015
Lord Griffiths of Govilon
The Temple Church was packed for Hugh Griffiths’ Memorial Service last Monday. Continue reading “Lord Griffiths of Govilon”
A Judge’s Marshal in the early 1960s – Postscript 1
This blog is a response to the comment by Sir Paul Jenkins, who was Treasury Solicitor between 2006 and 2014. Continue reading “A Judge’s Marshal in the early 1960s – Postscript 1”
A Judge’s Marshal in the early 1960s
After reading my piece on a “Lifetime in the Law” a Canadian judge has asked me Continue reading “A Judge’s Marshal in the early 1960s”
CONTACT
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email: hb@sirhenrybrooke.me
The 1993 Kapila Lecture
When I look back over nearly 80 years of life, I regard my Kapila Lecture in 1993 as the best thing I ever wrote. Continue reading “The 1993 Kapila Lecture”
A Lifetime in the Law
In my blog I hope to include memories of times past (and there may be quite a lot of these) as well as commentary on current issues. Continue reading “A Lifetime in the Law”
My Talk about the Conjoined Twins case
Two days ago I published a short blog [“The Conjoined Twins case”], which was based on a talk I had given in Washington DC in 2005 to a group of senior judges from the common law world. Continue reading “My Talk about the Conjoined Twins case”
Prisoners’ Rights in 2000
The Conjoined Twins case came to the Court of Appeal at the end of August 2000, just as Robert Walker and I were finishing a two-week stint of vacation duty. Continue reading “Prisoners’ Rights in 2000”
The Conjoined Twins Case
Last week the judgments of the Court of Appeal in the Conjoined Twins case were chosen as one of the 15 leading cases in ICLR’s 150 years of law reporting. Continue reading “The Conjoined Twins Case”
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