I. Stephanie Boyce FKC, FRSA: ” I do not underestimate the privilege to be sitting where I was last night at the dinner for His Majesty’s Judges at Mansion House.”

Invited into rooms…

Being president of the Law Society would allow me to walk through doors I didn’t know were there, invited into rooms

I would never have been invited into, and last evening I walked through one of those doors and was invited into one of those rooms.

I do not underestimate the privilege to be sitting where I was last night at the dinner for His Majesty’s Judges at Mansion House.

It was so nice to see some familiar friends and to hear directly from the Lady Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor

in their first Mansion House speech.

In particular, the Lady Chief Justice’s call for “sustainable and long-term funding” for our justice system.

“We have a judicial system that has almost been taken for granted as the envy of the world,”.

“We need digitisation, we need to harness the power of AI in appropriate ways, we need modern flexible courtrooms

and IT systems, and experienced staff, in order to maintain its standing.”

“The point is in essence a simple one: the cost of justice is not the same as its value,” she said. “And its worth to individuals,

to the economy, to society as a whole, goes well beyond the numbers.”

“Investment in the courts and tribunals is one that repays very many dividends. There is a price in a future without it.”

Thank you to the Lord Mayor of the City of London and common councillor, Paul Singh for hosting and for the invitation.

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