I was the first female journalist to be employed in the high court in 1967 with the Press Association law service, which had 35 men on staff. The late Lord Denning, master of the rolls, called us: “The watchdogs of English justice.” It’s reassuring to hear the former lord chief justice, Igor Judge, comment that the loss of newspapers “is a threat to the justice system … and justice needs to be seen to be done and reported accurately and impartially” (Report, 12 February). Last time I popped into the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand there were only five journalists covering over 50 courts that sit there daily. There used to be a very active high court journalists’ association in my day, formed over 100 years ago, but it is sadly now defunct.
Margaret Parker (nee Rowe)
Millbrook, Cornwall
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