Zander at 90

Legendary law professor is still going strong

Before I started covering legal affairs for the BBC in 1984, the daily current affairs programmes on Radio 4 — known as the “sequences” — had two legal academics on speed-dial: Graham Zellick and Michael Zander. Both could be relied on to explain any legal topic, however obscure, at a moment’s notice.

Michael Zander, who turns 90 today, is still as busy …