Lady Hale

Lady Hale has defended the Human Rights Act, which the UK government wants to replace with a new Bill of Rights. In an interview with The Guardian, the former president of the Supreme Court said: "The Human Rights Act is a perfectly good piece of legislation. There’s absolutely no need to scra

The late Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore "embodied" the case for always having a judge from Northern Ireland on the Supreme Court bench, Lady Hale has said. The former Supreme Court president reflected on the importance of the court having judges from all parts of the United Kingdom as she addressed a virtu

Lady Hale's memoirs are to be published next year and will detail how “a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire became the most senior judge in the United Kingdom”. The first female president of the Supreme Court, who retired earlier this year, has signed

Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, has been named as the patron of The Next 100 Years, a project dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. Lady Hale has long been a supporter of equality, speaking up for increasing diversity in the legal profession and the judiciary. In 1984 s

Lady Hale has listed her 'Desert Island Judgments' in an interview with The Guardian. The former Supreme Court President, who has been succeeded by Lord Reed, cited the prorogation case as her top one.

Supreme Court President Lady Hale will guest edit a special episode of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday 27 December, from 6-9am. Lady Hale's guest-edit will include a tour of the Supreme Court with BBC legal correspondent, Clive Coleman, as well as a tour of her beloved home town of Richmond,

The first Supreme Court artwork featuring women from the legal profession has been unveiled, commemorating the centenary of the 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, which paved the way for women to practise law.

Ways of assessing judicial potential that do not rely on experience of advocacy in the higher courts are necessary if more women are to join the bench, Lady Hale has said. Delivering the BACFI Denning Lecture 2019 in London, the President of the Supreme Court said that in order to achieve gender par

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has received a letter from the President of the Supreme Court on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. Lady Hale congratulated ALP on the milestone and said: "What you have achieved in improving access to justice in Scotland through the provision of advice, representa

Lady Hale reflected recently on attempts in the nineteenth century to establish an Imperial Court of Appeal, opposed by both Scotland and Ireland. Delivering the 2019 Macfadyen Lecture in Edinburgh last month, the Supreme Court President asked: what is the United Kingdom Supreme Court for?

At least half of the UK's judges should be women, the President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said. The UK's most senior judge made the remarks while reflecting on the centenary of women's entry to the legal profession at an event hosted by the Association of Women Judges (AWJ), The Telegr

The judicial retirement age should be raised to 74, the President of the Supreme Court has said. Lady Hale, 74, told peers that the judiciary should seek applicants for the High Court bench from lawyers in their 60s, who will no longer be concerned about reaching their maximum earning power.

The President of the Supreme Court is to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh next month on the court's role as it celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Lady Hale will deliver the 2019 Macfadyen Lecture, answering the question 'What is the UK Supreme Cort For'?

The law "still has trouble seeing children as real people", the president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has said. The senior judge reflected on the human rights of children and people with mental disabilities as she delivered the Society of Legal Scholars Centenary Lecture 2018 at the University

The law has become fairer to women in the past three and a half decades, but "no-one can claim that the battle is over", the president of the UK Supreme Court has said. Speaking at an event to mark the Birmingham Law Society's 200th anniversary, Lady Hale reflected on the progress since she and Susa