Law visit to London

Posting by Catherine Wade, Year 13 Law student

On Thursday 3 February, a group of A2 Law students visited London. Leaving Solihull Sixth Form at 7.30am we arrived in London just before 11.00am.

To begin the day we went to the Houses of Parliament, and after several security checks we were shown to a private room to have a question and answer session with local Solihull MP Lorely Burt (see picture below).

Many concerns over the rise in university tuitions fees and the cuts and EMA were addressed by the Lib Dem politician. Also, other issues such as income tax were discussed.

Following that we went on a tour around the Houses of Parliament, learning the history of the building.

Breaking for lunch, we had an opportunity to take pictures in front of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and many other landmarks of London.

Later in the afternoon we visited the Supreme Court. We were shown around all three courts in the new building, with a tour guide explaining to us the job of the Supreme Court. We were all the given the chance to sit in on an ongoing case, where we observed how points of law are discussed in the highest court.

Around 4.00pm we left London after an interesting and entertaining trip. We would like to thank Lorely Burt MP, our tour guides, Elaine, Dale and the rest of the staff involved!