Speeches 2006

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.

14 December 2006
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers - 9 December 2006
Youth Justice Speech (PDF 49kb)

4 December 2006
Speech by Lady Justice Arden: John Lehane Memorial Lecture - 16 August 2006
“Meeting the Challenge of Terrorism: The Experience of English and other Courts” (PDF 184kb)
Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

30 November 2006
Speech by Lord Justice Nicholas Wall, in honour of Professor Mervyn Murch, at the University of Cardiff
“Whattaya Mean – ‘Quo Vadis?’” thoughts and aspirations for the future of family justice (PDF 116kb)

20 November 2006
Speech by Sir Igor Judge President of the Queen's Bench Division
"Public Protection"

16 November 2006
Speech by The Rt. Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, House of Lords
'The Rule of Law'

2 November 2006
Speech by Nicholas Moss JP
Commissioning correctional services - a magistrate’s perspective

30 October 2006
Speech by Lord Justice Wall
Opening Up the Family Courts: An open or closed case

19 October 2006
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Terrorism and Human Rights

12 October 2006
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Speech given at the Opening Ceremony of the Colchester Military Court Centre

10 October 2006
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
High Sheriff’s Law Lecture, Oxford - "Crime and Punishment" (PDF 63kb)

28 August 2006
Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division
The Family in the 21st Century

18 July 2006
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Speech given at the Lord Mayor’s Dinner For Judges, Mansion House, London

14 July 2006
Speech by Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division
Review of the Child Care Proceedings System in England and Wales

30 June 2006
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
Vexatious litigants & access to justice: past, present, future

29 June 2006
Lord Justice Wall calls for Media Access to Family Courts
Read an extract (HTML version) or the full speech (PDF 86kb)

7 June 2006
Lord Justice Richards
The 2006 Gray’s Inn Reading - "The International Dimension of Judicial Review"

17 May 2006
Lord Justice Brooke
David Hall Memorial Lecture - Environmental Justice: The Cost Barrier

17 May 2006
Nicholas Moss JP
Speech for Noms Regional Sentencers’ Conference [16 January 2006]

15 May 2006
Lord Justice Alan Moses
Margaret Howard Lecture - “The Mask and the Judge”

13 May 2006
Lord Justice Stephen Sedley
“Sex, Libels and Video-surveillance”

10 May 2006
Lord Phillips Of Worth Matravers, The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Alternatives to Custody - The Case For Community Sentencing

27 April 2006
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
Claims against Professionals: Negligence, Dishonesty and Fraud

26 March 2006
Lord Justice Brooke
Address to the Civil Court Users Association

23 February 2006
Sir Anthony Clarke - Master of the Rolls
The differing approach to commercial litigation in the ECJ and the courts of England and Wales