"Going to court should always be a last resort, " said Michael Wills of the Lord Chancellors department.

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Peculiarly, retired Law Lords, Lord Chancellors and senior judges, in addition to the current Lord Chancellor, can also sit on cases.

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In 1984 Lord Lawson argued that chancellors should assign distinct roles to macroeconomic and microeconomic policy.

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