I was shocked and immensely saddened to learn of the sudden death last week of Joe Cassidy, Principal of St Chad’s College, Durham, and I hope readers will forgive this strictly personal reflection by an alumnus and Fellow of the College that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with law (though quite a bit to do with religion).

The Revd Canon Dr Joseph Patrick Michael Cassidy, known to generations of Chad’s students simply as ‘Papa Joe’, was a Montrealer (who was slightly miffed when people with tin ears for accents mistook him for an American).  Continue reading →