I ended my last blog on my National Service days just as my three-week posting to Tripoli came to an end. Continue reading “National Service 60 years ago: (2) Cyprus”
Author: Henry Brooke
I am a retired judge. I was formerly chair of the Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund, and am the sole patron of the Public Law Project. My work for the Slynn Foundation and Peace Brigades International (UK) involved me in helping justice systems in Eastern Europe and beleaguered human rights defenders, particularly in Central and South America. I am married, with four children and seven grandchildren.
National Service 60 years ago: (1) Egypt and Libya
I started this blog on 2nd January 2017.
Sixty years ago today I left Famagusta on the troopship SS Dilwara Continue reading “National Service 60 years ago: (1) Egypt and Libya”
Lord Denning and I: (3) The Final Years
This is the third and final instalment of my memories of Lord Denning. Continue reading “Lord Denning and I: (3) The Final Years”
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”
Bach Commission Interim Report: Press Release
The Access to Justice section of this site contains a number of reports of the oral evidence which Lord Bach’s Access to Justice Commission, of which I am a member, received in the first four months of this year. Continue reading “Bach Commission Interim Report: Press Release”
Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse
Two months ago I was sent a complimentary copy of a new book, Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse.[1] I have now read it. It is a very important academic contribution to an increasingly worrying contemporary debate. Continue reading “Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse”
The Digital Court System – the future has arrived
First, a few milestones from the past: Continue reading “The Digital Court System – the future has arrived”
Henry Brooke 