Justice in a time of economic crisis and in the age of the internet

"Good evening. It is a pleasure to be here in Leeds tonight. This is a city with a proud legal tradition and history. Leeds Law Society, one of the oldest in the country, can trace its roots back to 1805. The North Eastern Circuit of the Bar has been proudly independent since 1876. Both Law Society and Circuit are thriving today. Leeds itself is an ever growing legal centre. On the judicial front, both Circuit and City have much to be proud of. Sir George Waller, once leader of this circuit and Recorder of Leeds, was a strong presence in the Court of Appeal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Lord Taylor, Lord Chief Justice in the 1990s, was, as Peter Taylor QC, also Circuit leader in the 1970s and the Circuit’s Presiding Judge in the 1980s. Sir Paul Kennedy, a distinguished member of the Court of Appeal till recently, also haled from these parts and was Circuit leader in the 1980s. Coming to the present, Lord Dyson, now a distinguished Justice of the Supreme Court, is a son of Leeds..."