Baroness Hale of Richmond has become the first female President of the Supreme Court. The announcement was made today, along with other appointments which include 3 Supreme Court Justices and 7 new Justices of Appeal.
She follows Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (1 October 2009 – 30 September 2012) and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (1 October 2012 – present), the outgoing President who she will be replacing.
Lady Hale is perhaps best known for her work as a family law specialist, ushering in the Children Act 1989 which was a pioneering piece of legislation putting children at the heart of court proceedings involving them, and is passionate about feminism, equality and human rights. In 2013, she was appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Members of the public, journalists, lawyers and campaigners took to Twitter to share their delight at the news and congratulate the Baroness.
Lady Hale is one of the most popular judges in Britain, well known and much loved for her compassionate family law judgments, insightful reasoning and highly sophisticated interpretations of the law. She also happens to be Researching Reform’s favourite judge of the twenty first century.
Many congratulations, Baroness Hale.
Researching Reform 
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Good news.
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Not sure whether ‘feminism’ is totally compatible with ‘equality’, any more than ‘maleism’ would be. . . .but we’ll see. Proof of the pudding and all that. Congratulations to her.
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was this the same Judge who Ruled that Charlie Guard should be allowed to Die.
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She took the view that for him to live would be more painful for him in the long run. I forgive her that because I haven’t seen the material she has, and because I think she is a good person, even if her view is different to mine.
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i think she failed miserably in the charlie Gard case given that she did not look at all the options or possibilities of which are now being undertaken by the US doctor this week. she could have called for that to happen but she didnt which was a major error on her part.
she gets nil points from me.
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I cannot really comment on this, as I don’t have inside knowledge, but my gut instincts tell me that all offers from doctors elsewhere who have any knowledge of Charlie’s condition, should be given serious consideration. As should his parent’s gut instincts. Remember Ashya King, who has, I understand, made a fine recovery – and the fight his parents put up for him, and the hostility they endured? Certainly, Baroness Hale gets a big minus from me on this.
I understand, too, that she is anti-marriage. As has been shown time and time again, couples who are married usually stay together for longer than those who cohabit, and children brought up by both parents are generally happier and more stable than those who suffer family break-ups. This is not theory, this is fact. So I’m sorry, I feel increasingly worried about the elevation of this Judge to her new role.
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i agree with your point on Charlie Gard.
as for Judges i think in general they are viewed much like the police in that the public have very little to no trust in them at all.
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