Lord Woolf the Lord Chief Justice delivered the Squire Centenary Lecture in the Law Faculty on the evening of March 3 2004. His title was "The Rule of Law and a Change in Constitution". He dealt with the most important changes to the structure of the English Courts since the Judicature Acts of 1873- 5. The position of the Lord Chancellor is to be abolished, and also the judicial function of the House of Lords. A new Supreme Court will replace the House of Lords and there are to be new arrangements for securing judicial independence and the separation of powers.
To read more about Lord Woolf's lecture, and the nationwide response to it, please see here.