Sir Terence Etherton: farewell remarks

Access to justice, diversity and smelling salts

This is the text — slightly edited by me — of valedictory remarks made by Sir Terence Etherton at a ceremony to mark his retirement as Master of the Rolls on 17 December 2020.

As on so many of these occasions — when praise is given to someone like myself who is leaving the judiciary after a long period — it always seems so odd to see oneself depicted in …