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The Spectator's Notes

The Spectator’s Notes

26 January 2017

3:00 PM

26 January 2017

3:00 PM

The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the majority view, because they tend to be advanced by judges who resist the self-aggrandisement of their profession. In the Miller case on triggering Article 50, before the Supreme Court, Lords Reed, Carnwath and Hughes dissented from the other eight.

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