Interview with Lord Falconer
Monday 19 October 2009 by Mike Semple Piggot
Mike talks to Lord Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor, about assisted dying and his amendment to the Suicide Act which was defeated in the Lords recently as well as the establishment of a new Supreme Court.
Lord Falconer became Lord Chancellor In 2003, with the remit of abolishing the office. His reform included the creation of a Supreme Court for the UK, and a commission to appoint judges. He also made a full-time independent judge the Head of the Judiciary for England and Wales, and introduced an elected Speaker for the House of Lords.
Mike Semple Piggot is editor of Insite Law Magazine and the author of the slightly irreverent Charon QC blog.
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