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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Lord Falconer should have done more to protect judges
Falconer ‘should have stood up to Reid sooner’

Lord Falconer should have stepped in sooner when the home secretary criticised a judge last year. That is according to a report from the House of Lords Constitution Committee this morning, which said the former lord chancellor was too slow in defending a judge’s decision in 2006. The incident in question centred on Craig Sweeney,… Read more »

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Attorney general role ‘unsustainable’

The role of the government’s chief legal advisor is “contradictory” and must be reformed, according to a select committee of MPs. The role of attorney general has three traditional aspects – overseeing prosecutions, giving the government legal advice and sitting in government as a minister. Former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, who left office with Tony… Read more »