Remembering Simon Brown

The debt we owe to those who led the way

Judges and lawyers turned out in force last night to remember Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, the former justice of the Supreme Court who died last summer at the age of 86. I wrote a brief tribute of my own at the time, linking back to extracts from his hugely successful memoirs.

It was a warm family occasion, beautifully put together by his son Ben a…