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The Horizon scandal was about faulty software, individual gullibility and corporate indifference, writes Mike Macnair. But the fundamental problem dates back to the 1660s and the selling of legal services to the highest bidder
Cranston Inquiry to look into the events of 24 November 2021, when at least 27 people lost their lives crossing the Channel.
For some, Miller 2 is the most significant constitutional case for centuries. For others, another act in the Shakespearean tragedy or comedy that is Brexit.
Lord Judge, who has died aged 82, was the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2008 to 2013. Like Shakespeare’s Lord Chief Justice, Judge never did anything that “misbecame his place”. His copybook was so spotless that his fellow Lord of Appeal, Lord Dyson, when addressing the massed ranks of lawyers at Judge’s retirement gathering at the Royal Courts of Justice, was unable to drag up a single embarrassing tale about his colleague, and had to make do with praising his many good qualities
He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2008 to 2013