It has been quite the year in court and us court journos have been busier than a termite in a sawmillI. Frankly, I don’t remember ever finding it this hard to keep up with all the goings-on in court, but maybe it’s an age thing. Or perhaps it’s the sheer number of appeals, constitutional and spin-off cases. Hmmm. Jury’s out on that one. Anyway..
Women took centre stage this year: there are more women now than there have ever been in parliament; Roberta Metsola became the first woman since 1999 to be elected President of the European Parliament. But these political achievements for women came in a year that was bookended by two femicides, punctuated by another femicide around three months in