While it's a concern, for balance, a lawyer I follow on that Twitter ....
... has had this to say (and he does make a good point that her record in child-protection cases is rather more relevant than who her dead brother was):
* One famous, often-quoted dictum of Butler-Sloss is "'the child is a person, not an object of concern".
* In essence, Baroness Butler-Sloss has a formidable record, in case after case, of placing the child at the heart of the matter.
* And she is so much a better lawyer than her brother.
* Lord Havers was one of most over-rated lawyers of his generation; and Lady Butler-Sloss one of the most outstanding judges of hers.
* Few judges have a stronger reputation in protecting children in case after case than Butler-Sloss; but an inquiry is not a job for a judge.
* Before dismissing Butler-Sloss (because of her less able lawyer brother) look at what she did with the Cleveland inquiry. Highly impressive.
* Good, balanced profile of Butler-Sloss in Guardian, covering what she did in Cleveland: User Posted Link
* Will shut up about Butler-Sloss now. Just irked that decades of excellent child-centred judging dismissed because of her less able brother.
Posted By: Arizona Bay on July 9th 2014 at 10:09:59
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- I see the tories have appointed someone completely impartial to oversee (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 9, 09:40:37
- Gary Glitter? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 9, 11:57:21
- Bit like their plan for Ofsted then... (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jul 9, 10:55:55
- It is a little awkward that her brother was Attorney-General when all this happened... (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 9, 09:52:49
- It's absolutely staggering, to me anyway. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 9, 09:55:13
- While it's a concern, for balance, a lawyer I follow on that Twitter .... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 9, 10:09:59
- Thats good that. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jul 9, 10:12:57
- He is good, generally. David Allen Green. Was involved in the defence at the Twitter Joke (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 9, 10:22:22
- Yeah he's really, really good (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 9, 11:15:36
- former Tory before that n'all (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 9, 12:03:39
- Oh really? I didn't know that (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 9, 13:20:17
- former Tory before that n'all (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 9, 12:03:39
- I might jsut do that. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jul 9, 11:05:30
- Yeah he's really, really good (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 9, 11:15:36
- He is good, generally. David Allen Green. Was involved in the defence at the Twitter Joke (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 9, 10:22:22
- Thats good that. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jul 9, 10:12:57
- While it's a concern, for balance, a lawyer I follow on that Twitter .... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 9, 10:09:59
- It's absolutely staggering, to me anyway. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 9, 09:55:13
- Jim Davidson (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Jul 9, 09:43:39
- Jimmy Savile. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 9, 09:47:10
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