When the list of new Queen’s Counsel was announced this week, Continue reading “Honorary Queen’s Counsel”
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.
Electronic Filing: Some Privacy Issues
In Chapter 4 of Lord Justice Briggs’s very interesting Interim Report which forms part of the Civil Court Structure Review (published this week) Continue reading “Electronic Filing: Some Privacy Issues”
Mediation and Inheritance Disputes
At the end of my piece on Bleak House and the Court of Chancery I wrote: Continue reading “Mediation and Inheritance Disputes”
Learning to be a mediator: what I wrote in 2007
Less than a year after I ended my third mediation training course, Continue reading “Learning to be a mediator: what I wrote in 2007”
The cost of the NHSLA’s refusals to mediate
At the end of my piece on Bleak House and the Court of Chancery, I wrote: Continue reading “The cost of the NHSLA’s refusals to mediate”
2006: My talk on the future of civil justice
The New Year should see the beginnings of momentous changes, Continue reading “2006: My talk on the future of civil justice”
Charles Dickens and the Law: (4) Bleak House and the Court of Chancery
Just after Christmas[1] we were reminded of the old rhyme: Continue reading “Charles Dickens and the Law: (4) Bleak House and the Court of Chancery”
Charles Dickens and the Law: (3) Oliver Twist and the New Poor Law
Oliver Twist was Dickens’s second novel. Continue reading “Charles Dickens and the Law: (3) Oliver Twist and the New Poor Law”
Charles Dickens and the Law: (2) David Copperfield and Doctors’ Commons
In Chapter 23 of David Copperfield Charles Dickens describes how David’s great-aunt Betsey Trotwood paid £1,000 for him to be articled to Messrs Spenlow and Jorkins, Continue reading “Charles Dickens and the Law: (2) David Copperfield and Doctors’ Commons”
Charles Dickens and the law: (1) Little Dorrit and the use of prison in debt recovery
One of the pleasures of retirement is the opportunity to read long books without the risk that one will have forgotten the beginning long before reaching the end. Continue reading “Charles Dickens and the law: (1) Little Dorrit and the use of prison in debt recovery”
Henry Brooke 
