Jonathan sumption qc biography of rory

  • Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, is a British judge and historian.
  • I am not immortal.
  • Lord Sumption has been one of the most influential judges of his generation.

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      Brexit, the possible break-up of the UK, pandemics, this is a country in crisis. In crises the law sets the boundaries of what the government can and should do. But in a country without a written constitution such as the UK, the precise limits between legal obligation and convention can be hazy. Conventions, such as the Prime Minister being an MP, can not be enforced in the same way as laws.

      What are the limits of law in politics? What is the relationship between law and the constitution? Is not having a constitution a hindrance or a help in time of crisis? Former supreme court judge Jonathan Sumption wrestles with past, current and potential crises that this increasingly divided country faces. From the role of the Supreme Court to the uses of referenda to the rise of nationalisms within the United Kingdom, Sumption exposes the subtleties, uses, and abuses of legal and judicial interventions. With razor sharp intelligence and far-reaching analysis he counsels caution both in our im

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      In ‘Family law at a distance’, you spoke about the benefits of cross-fertilisation. As a practitioner, were you ever interested in family law? Did you ever come across family law practice?

      No, I was a commercial practitioner. I had two exposures to family law before I went to the Supreme Court. One of them I am not in a position to talk about. The other was a case when I was fairly new to practice, which rather illustrates the problem that arose in Prest v Petrodel. A deserted wife who had married a Greek ship owner and then divorced him, wished to obtain a Mareva injunction to stop him salting away his assets before the financial remedies were obtained. She knew that he owned and ran ships, and she knew that they were all owned by one-ship companies which, as with all Greek ships, were registered in Panama. All she knew about them was that they ended with the name ‘Naviera’. She obtained from Heilbron J a worldwide Mareva order blocking every sh