Brenda Hale is an incredibly clever and more importantly, kind, human being. On a human level you would do well to make a beeline for her at any party or stuffy function. Few judges have done more to help charitable causes and access to law. As I’m not a politician, you can trust me when I praise someone.
It does though feel odd to do so. Lawyers never used to. Being nice or kind or even human; well that wasn’t really our thing. To be honest we have always been extremely vicious to each other – in private. I have a second favourite judge of all time when it comes to his legal opinions and arguments. I always loathed him as a person. That never struck me as a problem.
That is why the current polarisation feels so utterly alien. That is why in the long run I retain hope that we will not end up like America.
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