15 July 2008
The Lord Mayor of the City of London hosts Judges' Dinner
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, David Lewis, is hosting
the annual dinner to Her Majesty’s Judges today (Tuesday) at
Mansion House.
The dinner will be attended by the Lord Chief Justice of England
and Wales, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, and The Secretary of
State for Justice and the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
Jack Straw.
In his speech to to the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord High
Chancellor, the Lord Mayor will say: "Although globalisation has
helped UK legal services a great deal and UK lawyers have been a
great success story, we can never be complacent either about the
Rule of Law or the success of the UK legal sector."
The Lord Mayor will also say that lawyers in the City are fierce
defenders of Common Law and, on his extensive travels around the
world in the role of ambassador for the UK financial services
sector, he often makes the point that the UK's judges are
impartial, dependable, consistent and not corrupt, that fairness is
their watchword and that English Law is the law of choice.
Download the full speech
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