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  • 31 - Materialising the UK Supreme Court

  • from Part VI - Creative Encounters
  • Edited by Rosemary Hunter, University of Kent, Canterbury, Erika Rackley, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book:
    Justice for Everyone
    Published online:
    05 May 2022
    Print publication:
    26 May 2022, pp 351-354

  • Summary

    The story of the announcement in July 2003 of the ‘abolition’ of the role of Lord Chancellor, the reform of the system of judicial appointments, and the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has now been well told over the years; and while some matters no doubt remain disputed, I don’t think anyone would disagree that the detailed implications of the proposals had not been thought through. The initial reactions, inevitably, focused on the negatives rather than considering what might be the opportunities arising from this major constitutional shake-up. And, indeed, the major public focus was on the role of the Lord Chancellor rather than on the creation of the Supreme Court.

  • At the Heart of Justice: the Library at the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

  • Jenny Rowe
  • Journal:
    Legal Information Management / Volume 9 / Issue 4 / December 2009
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    09 December 2009, pp. 257-261
    Print publication:
    December 2009

  • The new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which heard its first case in October 2009, sits at the apex of the UK's justice systems. Located in the painstakingly restored Grade II Listed Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square, it will be the highest appeal court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for civil cases in Scotland. Jenny Rowe, Chief Executive of the Court, reveals how the new Justices' Library is at the heart of this landmark building.