Brenda Hale: ‘There’s absolutely no need to scrap the Human Rights Act’
The former supreme court president on the government’s Rwanda plan, her star status among law students and her latest brooch
October 2021
Observer book of the week
Spider Woman by Lady Hale review – a tangled web she weaves
Lady Hale on judgments and jewellery: ‘Maybe I should have worn a dragonfly’
November 2020
UK supreme court could be left with only one female justice
News that Lady Black is to step down has raised fears of reversal in progress on gender diversity
September 2020
Parliament surrendered role over Covid emergency laws, says Lady Hale
Exclusive: former supreme court president criticises manner in which controls were enacted
July 2020
'The nearest to God we get': stars pick the Beethoven work they cherish
Ali Smith does an opus a month, Tony Hall saw Fidelio on Robben Island, and Lady Brenda Hale used to march to his Grosse Fuge. As the Proms celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, stars reveal a favourite work
April 2020
No-prorogation justice Lady Hale to publish memoir and guide to the law
Justice famous for ruling against Boris Johnson will recount how ‘a little girl from North Yorkshire became the most senior judge in the UK’
January 2020
White men still dominate judiciary, says Justice report
Lady Hale: 'My Desert Island Judgments? Number one would probably be the prorogation case'
December 2019
Courts shouldn’t be a political chamber
Letter: Frank Field praises Lady Hale, the retiring president of the supreme court, but sounds a note of caution
Lady Hale’s story is a lesson in self-belief. We need more like her in positions of power
Gaby Hinsliff
The motto of our first female law lord is ‘women are equal to everything’. Now we must give everyone the chance to prove it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Lady Hale warns UK not to select judges on basis of political views
Outgoing president of supreme court advises against approach seen in US
November 2019
Lady Hale predicts gender parity in judiciary by 2033
Supreme court president says proportion of female judges is growing faster than previously estimated
October 2019
Supreme court's Lady Hale becomes star of children's book
Equal to Everything celebrates judge’s journey from a girl in Yorkshire to UK’s highest court
September 2019
Brief letters
The life experience some politicians lack
Lady Hale pulled pints? She’s all the stronger for it
Fiona Sturges
Today in Focus
Unlawful: the supreme court stuns Boris Johnson
Say it with a brooch: what message was Lady Hale's spider sending?
Lady Hale: a career of breaking barriers in the judiciary
Supreme court to hear claims suspension of parliament is unlawful
