When Sir Jeremiah LeRoy Harman died in 2021, it was noted in his obituary that the British High Court judge had been known as “Harman the Horrible”. The incident when he tried to kick a London taxi driver who he believed was a photographer trying to steal his briefcase was also recorded. The first paragraph of his obituary in The Times said that “Sir Jeremiah Harman was one of the most unpopular judges of recent times. Several polls of the legal profession labelled him the worst judge on the High Court bench, his critics complaining that he was rude, lazy,…

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