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Feedback from New Page Review process

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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: The page contains some minor copyvio, please deal with that as soon as possible, to avoid risk of deletion. Apart from that, there are no major issues. I have added links, besides British English, Authority control and Defaultsort templates. Storye book (talk) 11:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your edit, TheBishopAndHolyPrince. I think the minor copyvio issues are now resolved. Storye book (talk) 11:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lordship?

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I expected to be told when and why he was given the title of Lord. Downsize43 (talk) 22:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Lord" is the way in which senior judges are addressed in the United Kingdom. If Duthie had had a knighthood, he would have been addressed as "Sir", not "Lord". He acquired the lordship title on the date when he was first appointed a senior judge. The title has to be used as a formality in the courtroom. You will no doubt be familiar with the apocryphal excuse given by the chap in the dock: "... and then everything went black, M'lud ... " Storye book (talk) 09:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is explained (it's a judicial courtesy title, rather than a peerage) in Senator of the College of Justice, which is linked in the intro of this article. Looking at the other extant articles we have, of the other members of said college, we don't explain their Lord/Lady-ness in any of them. I don't have an opinion about whether we should, beyond a feeling that it might seem a bit boilerplate-y. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 20:41, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]