All the Judges Presiding Over School Tax Court Case Went to Private School – Guido Fawkes

All the Judges Presiding Over School Tax Court Case Went to Private School

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Guido’s revelation that all of the KCs hired by Labour to defend its school tax in court are privately educated has been covered widely. A judicial review brought by seven families will be heard in the High Court from tomorrow…

As expected a rare three judges are hearing this one. Guido has had a brief look at them…

• Dame Victoria Sharp is President of the King’s Bench Division. She went to North London Collegiate School. A private day school for girls…
• Lord Justice Newey went to Tonbridge. About the fifth most expensive boarding school in the country…
• Mr Justice Chamberlain went to Stewart’s Melville College Edinburgh. You guessed it…

There is no suggestion that their education will influence the judges. Just that it’s still pretty much compulsory to have been to private school to be a judge in England and Wales…

The justices of course join Keir Starmer in their private education. Privately educated judges are deciding on the privately educated PM’s policy for private schools to be taxed to destruction, itself defended by privately educated barristers. Those campaigning against Labour’s schools tax are only asking for their children to have access to the same opportunities as absolutely everyone involved in the measure…