Does it really take the nine senior judges of the Supreme Court to decide an issue of housing law, albeit an important one (Manchester City Council v Pinnock (No.2).

In the same issue of the Gazette, Lord Phillips is reported as berating the government over the court's funding

In its short life, the Supreme Court seems to have sat with more than five justices much more frequently than its predecessor, the Lords.

Leslie Oliver, solicitor, London NW11