(516) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP?
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The former Court of Session judge Lord McCluskey, a practised controversialist, published a blast against the new system for appointing the Lord President (for which see No 484) in The Scotsman on 15 November 2005 (see http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=2242592005). His fundamental worry is about the preservation of judicial independence, but his article has some entertaining swipes at aspects of the procedure that he says is being followed, including requiring candidates to submit an essay on What I would do if I were Lord President”. With Lord President Cullen’s retirement on 25 November looming near