It is fair to say that the city, the Circuit, and the West Riding itself, have all played an important part in our legal history. Given the entrepreneurial nature of its lawyers, they are playing an important part today, and I am sure they will continue to play an equally important part in the development of the law in the future. And, rather than dwelling on the past, I thought that I would focus tonight on the present, delivering justice at a time of economic pressures, and on the future, delivering justice in.
