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Scandalous!

Who knew? “Scandalising the court” whatever that may be, may be no longer. The Law Commission are consulting about it (here). The consultation document, which I’ve scanned tonight, is really interesting reading (not quite interesting enough for me to...

Gold Band : Gold Standard?

Excessive Verbosity Warning. Do not go past this point unless you have at least two packs of kendall mint cake and a powerade about your person.  [UPDATE : Office for Judicial Complaints now investigating Coleridge J – see end 5pm 15 May] This weekend I listened...

More (Bump &) Grind Required

Written betwixt Paddington and Templemeads last night… I didn’t hear Sir Paul Coleridge on the Today programme this morning (yesterday), owing to my broken foot (I had to cadge a lift to work with my brother who is allergic to Radio 4. Sadly, I am allergic to...

The Daily Mail and the Moral Crusade

Sir Paul Coleridge may not be on a moral crusade but his Marriage Foundation has certainly inspired the crusading spirit in the Daily Mail (download pdf of article here: It’s down to the judges to mend our divorce laws – they trashed them in the first...

The man who built his house on sand

No man can stop the tide. Sir Paul Coleridge is to build a Marriage Foundation, to strengthen the institution of marriage and to counter the “scourge of society” family breakdown. “Brave Brave Brave Bra-ave Sir Canute!” *sung to the tune of...