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Middle Temple Hall		Assize Court at Lancaster		“ … the laws of England are the birthright of the people …” - Act of Settlement 1700 “ Justice is not a cloistered virtue: she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men" - Lord Atkin in Ambard v Attorney-General for Trinidad and Tobago (1936) AC 322 at 335