lady hale, welcome to hardtalk.e had a seat on the supreme court since its foundation ten years ago. it is something new in the british constitution, do you think it is made a difference? it's made a bit of a difference. there was of course always a top court for the whole united kingdom, but we used to be a committee of the house of lords. and then in 2009 we became this brand—new institution, the supreme court of the united kingdom. so we moved out of the houses of parliament, across the square, into the old middlesex guildhall where we have a very beautiful, open, transparent, accessible building where we do the same job that we did before. and that is interesting. that creation of a sort of clear, blue water between you and parliament. do you think it has changed the public perception of the uk's most senior court, the top of the pyramid, if you like? i don't know whether it's changed the public‘s perception of us, it's certainly means the public are more aware of us because they can watch what we're doing, they