An intellectual Mann

Lord Sales talks of purpose in law and in interpretation

November is the month for legal lectures and their intellectual pinnacle is named after Dr FA Mann CBE FBA QC (hon) (1907-1991).

The 45th FA Mann lecture was given last night by Lord Sales, a justice of the UK Supreme Court since 2019. It is sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, initially in honour of — and subsequently in memory of — one the law firm’s…