It is rare that one comes across a speech which is such a pleasure to read as the Seckford lecture by the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, at Woodbridge School on 18 October – Lord Erskine and Trial by Jury (acknowledgment: Supreme Court – Speeches).
Lord Neuberger reminded us of many things which are particularly precious in our system of law and his lecture contains many interesting and pertinent observations relating to the independence of the judiciary (an independence referred to by Erskine as “sacred”); the benefits which life outside the law bring to advocacy [14], the courage and judgment possessed by only the best advocates [22], styles of advocacy [27] – Erskine’s was “rhetorical, even orotund and extravagant” and would not go down well today; why cases take much longer in modern times [28]-[30]; a plethora of statutes not being conducive to the rule of law [31]; judgments [31] and that the law is becoming obscure, uncertain and forbidding.
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