This is the third and final instalment of my memories of Lord Denning. Continue reading “Lord Denning and I: (3) The Final Years”
Month: December 2016
United States Presidents and Habeas Corpus
In Uganda, in the days of Idi Amin, an expatriate judge from England retained his judicial office until his mandatory retirement date. Continue reading “United States Presidents and Habeas Corpus”
Lord Denning and I (2): 1962-1972
In the first blog in this series I wrote a little about Lord Denning’s life and his work as a judge up to the time I first met him in the autumn of 1961. Continue reading “Lord Denning and I (2): 1962-1972”
Charles Dickens and the Law: (5) Hard Times
In my piece about David Copperfield, I described the institution called Doctors’ Commons and how its demise had coincided with the enactment of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857. Continue reading “Charles Dickens and the Law: (5) Hard Times”