Part IV in this series contained ten variants of this species. Part 5 contained most of one judgment by itself. The earlier volumes in the series are grouped together under the heading “Judgments” in the Menu at the top of the site. Continue reading “Judgments Part VI: Opening lines & memorable passages”
Category: JUDGMENTS
Memorable judgments (5): When is a decision not a decision?
The answer to the question posed in the title of this blog is to be found in paragraph 39 of Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley’s judgment: Continue reading “Memorable judgments (5): When is a decision not a decision?”
Opening lines & memorable passages in judgments – Part IV
Since my last blog in this series, I have had a few more memorable opening lines of judgments drawn to my attention, but I have never known quite what to do with them. Continue reading “Opening lines & memorable passages in judgments – Part IV”
Lord Denning’s unique prose style: 34 more examples
On this site I have published three blogs in which I described my dealings with Lord Denning at different times Continue reading “Lord Denning’s unique prose style: 34 more examples”
Opening Lines, Part III: Richard III and a Leicester car park
After I published the first two blogs in this series, I came under pressure from Felicity Gerry QC to include the opening lines of the Divisional Court’s recent judgment in the case involving the final resting place of the bones of King Richard III: Continue reading “Opening Lines, Part III: Richard III and a Leicester car park”
Miscellany of the Best Opening Lines etc – Part 2
Some further very welcome contributions to this miscellany – including a scholarly contribution from the Supreme Court of Gibraltar which mentions both Justinian and a seventeenth century pig sty Continue reading “Miscellany of the Best Opening Lines etc – Part 2”
Judgments: the best opening lines – and a few more
One of the delights of social media is that from time to time there is a sudden rush of superb contributions on a single topic, and then people move on with equal precipitousness to something else. Continue reading “Judgments: the best opening lines – and a few more”
Henry Brooke 