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"Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is left looking rather unbalanced. Even though Lord Lloyd-Jones has a common law background and Lord Kerr was lord chief justice of Northern Ireland until nine years ago, there is nobody on the court with much experience of criminal law. "

This is not surprising as criminal judges do not have much opportunity to show their abilities. If they had to write judgments like High Court judges that would be more obvious. It would also help the development of criminal law - the courts are all over themselves with recklessness because they're trying to understand jury decisions that have no reasons.