Lord Denning: A life of law
Lord Denning’s judgments were described as "models of simple English". Lord Denning was perhaps the greatest law-making judge of the century and the most controversial. His achievement was to shape the common law according to his own highly individual vision of society.
In seeking justice Lord Denning, considered himself entitled to get round - or even change - any rule of law that stood in his way. There was no need to wait for legislation. "Parliament does it too late," he argued. "It may take years and years before a statute can be passed to amend a bad law.â€The judge ... should make the law correspond with the justice that the case requires."
We hope our law students will show the same spirit and courage to ensure justice in this country.