Baroness Hale of Richmond with Paula O’Rourke: Spider Woman

How does the law shape our everyday lives, and how can we better understand a legal system that can often seem remote or bewildering?

Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond, Britain’s first woman President of the Supreme Court, draws on her distinguished career in The Law on Your Side to illuminate the workings of the law through cases she encountered across the courts and tribunals in which she served and observed proceedings. These compelling real-life cases reveal the human stories behind legal principles and demonstrate how the law touches every aspect of our lives, from family and home to rights, responsibilities and relationships.

Lady Hale will also reflect on her remarkable life and career, chronicled in her memoir Spider Woman. From growing up in Yorkshire to becoming one of Britain’s most distinguished judges, her career has been characterised by intellectual rigour, principle and a determination to open new paths.

An opportunity to hear Lady Hale discuss the law, the cases that have shaped her thinking, and a career at the heart of the British justice system.