Lord Thomas of Gresford
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Crime and Courts Bill [HL]
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Monday 25th June 2012
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Lord Thomas of Gresford
Perhaps I may be permitted to intervene on this matter. The lifestyle of a High Court judge is of course very different from that of a circuit judge. High Court judges sit half the time in London and half the time on circuit. Circuit judges do what they are entitled to do; they sit on circuit. Looking after a family is far easier if you are a circuit judge than if you are a High Court judge.
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
I will not intervene on his intervention, but the noble Lord is wrong.