First of all, I’m not posting this at a bizarrely early/late hour of the morning. I’m back in the US, and the blog is still on England time (to keep things relatively simple).
Second, on the way to the airport, Nick and I were listening to some BBC radio station in the car, and the DJ mentioned a recent court decision in the UK that found a cyclist in an accident was contributorily negligent for not wearing a helmet. Or, actually, that cyclist was not negligent, but the court said that it would be possible for there to be contributory negligence in that situation. I don’t want to get into the merits of that decision, but instead point out that the DJ then interviewed a fairly high-profile UK judge from the Court of Appeals to get his take on things: The Right Honourable Lord Justice Jacob (I want to be a judge in England to get a name like that).
I just thought it was really interesting that this relatively high-profile judge made random radio appearances to talk about recently decided cases, and no one made a big deal about it (although this wasn’t one he decided or anything). In the US, the high-profile judges definitely like to try and remain super cloistered, and people do make big deals when they agree to be interviewed. So that was an interesting thing I learned about England!
Oh, and going back to an earlier post, here is Abbey Road on Street View:
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