Letter: `Bias' on the bench

Saturday 19 December 1998 00:02 GMT

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`Bias' on the bench

Sir: Calls for Lord Hoffmann's resignation are another depressing indication of the blame-and-shame culture which permeates life in the UK. A vibrant, open society warmly accepts occasional errors of judgement even (indeed especially) from the most talented; if the best judges can stumble on the pedestal without falling then the rest may rejoice in errors as a sign of dynamism.

STEVEN FOGEL

London EC4

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