Speeches 2004
Senior judges regularly make speeches or lectures on a broad range of topics. It is our intention to publish as many of these as possible.
Please note that speeches published on this website reflect the individual judicial office-holder's personal views, unless otherwise stated. If you have any queries please contact the Judicial Communications Office.
4 December 2004
Lord Justice Thomas, Senior Presiding Judge of England and Wales
The Sir Elwyn Jones Memorial Lecture - The Maintenance of Local Justice (PDF 218kb)
26 November 2004
Lord Justice Judge, Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales
Law for Journalists Conference
24 November 2004
Lord Justice Brooke, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court Modernisation and the crisis facing our civil courts
4 November 2004
Lord Justice Thomas, Senior Presiding Judge of England and Wales
Combar Lecture 2004 - The City: Auditors, Regulators and the Courts
13 October 2004
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Shaping the future
21 July 2004
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
Lord Mayor's Dinner for HM Judges
July 2004
Mr Justice Beatson, High Court Judge (Queen's Bench Division)
Should Judges conduct public inquiries? (PDF 181kb)
22 April 2004
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
Mishcon Lecture - Do we need a new approach to penal policy?
3 March 2004
Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
Squire Centenary Lecture - The Rule of Law and a Change in the Constitution
13 February 2004
Lord Justice Brooke, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and Judge in charge of modernisation
The Legal and Policy Implications of Courtroom Technology: The Emerging English Experience