They can add all sorts of other charges ... they don't have to throw the book at him at the beginning. -Lord Hailsham

 

They can add all sorts of other charges ... they don't have to throw the book at him at the beginning.


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The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

Lord Hailsham

A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2 men out of 12 differ from the others does not establish that their doubts are reasonable.

Lord Hailsham

Perhaps Mr Blair should know that when he talks about the rules of the game he should know this is not a game; this is a deathly serious and earnest matter, and that what we [the judges] do apply is the law.

Lord Hailsham

Fortunately, Lord Chancellor, your judges do not appoint the Master of the Rolls. I do.

Lord Hailsham

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

Lord Hailsham