Some have long argued that those who are to be appointed as legal arbiters, or trustees of the courts of jurisprudence, should take to that position a fully rounded sense of the realities within which they operate to better inform their rulings from the Bench. Well, for those using this benchmark as the yardstick to measure the quality of justice meted out by our judges, then the appointment of Hilary Phillips, QC, to the Court of Appeal just under three years ago would fit those criteria.
