Recent appearances

• Fraud Bill [HL] 14 Mar 2006

  My Lords, perhaps I may intervene before the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, speaks. I have one or two random points to make in regard to jury trial and the present situation. First, it would be totally unrealistic if we did not recognise that there was a perception among the minorities that one obtained a better category of justice through trial by judge and jury than by judge alone. There is a...

• Compensation Bill [HL] 7 Mar 2006

  My Lords, I respectfully seek to support what the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, has said—which is in forensic terms, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". The statute is in wholly permissive language: "A court considering a claim in negligence may", not "must". Nothing has been made mandatory in the amendment and therefore the law can be left as it is—perfectly fluid and able to progress as it...

• Courts: Costs 15 Feb 2006

  asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will accept the recommendation of the Civil Justice Council in its response of 17 November 2005 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs for a fundamental review of the policy to charge litigants in the civil courts the total costs of running those courts less fee exemptions and remissions.

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Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1986

Left the House of Lords on 21 March 2006 — Died

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• Has voted in 24.24% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election. (From Public Whip)