Since November 2012, we have been producing weekly(-ish) roundups of the law and religion news, including some items that did not appear to merit an individual post. As an alternative to our annual end-of-year quiz, the following straplines from the weekly posts in 2024 provide a week-on-week snapshot of events throughout the year[*]. Just as we have been providing Answers to our Annual Quizzes, a glossary of the now more obscure comments will be posted on 30 December 2024.
The week in which the Revd Ms Vennells sent back her CBE…(14 January).
A week in which we were delighted to learn that our friend and mentor, Professor Norman Doe, has been appointed an honorary KC…(21 January ).
A week in which we didn’t take “a pinch of salt” with the news as it didn’t “suit us to a tea”…(28 January).
An end to havering on naming the new London Overground Lines…(18 February).
“Like many amateur photographers, we do occasionally experiment with editing”…(17 March)
A Happy “Ed Balls Day” to our readers, (28 April ).
Today, Orthodox and Oriental Christians are celebrating Easter Sunday, (5 May).
The week in which the Revd Mrs Vennells appeared before the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. In other news…(26 May).
The Equality Act, Human Rights Act and Climate Change Act as new electoral shibboleths? (9 June).
“…through our indiscriminate use of social media we are in danger of becoming stupid in our judgement of where to place our trust” GS 2354 at [39], (31 June).
So now we know the General Election result … .(7 July).
The European Court of Human Rights is no more foreign for being situated in Strasbourg, than is the United Nations for being in New York and Geneva…”. Baroness Chakrabarti, HL Deb 24 July 2024 c563, (28 July).
“Woman dances on holiday”, “Man moves portrait”, “former Ministers blame 8-week-old government”. (1 September).
“Long overdue report” lamented by Archbishop, a non-canonical consecration, and Tory leadership contender’s threats to leave the EHRC…. (8 September).
“Do you want lies with that?“…(22 September).
Rather than asking politicians to define a “working person”, perhaps politicians should be asked to define a “journalist”… (3 November)
Word of the week – ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve, (10 November).
A week dominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s announcement of his intended resignation…(17 November).
“Anyone who wants to be the Archbishop of Canterbury absolutely needs their head reading”, Rt Revd Rachel Treweek’, (24 November).
An astonishing claim in Tuesday’s Times …(1 December).
“The particular genius of the parish church and the parish system is that it preserves and communicates meaning, value and belonging in places where people can serve and be served, and discover fresh perspectives on what it is to be human and to be a human community.” Archbishop of York, Lords Hansard, 6 December 2024. (8 December).
“The next archbishop has to…deal with the systemic issues of dysfunction both in the institution & its central capacity, but also in the House of Bishops in terms of cultures around power, privilege & entitlement that persist.” Rt Revd Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle, (15 December).
[*] There are some weeks during which there was insufficient news to merit a round-up, and others in which we did not identify a suitable pithy strapline.