18 November 2025
The Inner Temple Social Context of the Law panel discussion with Martyn Day and Fredrik Erixon.
Moderator: Estelle Dehon KC
Education
- Call to the Bar
- Education & Training Policies
- Professor The Hon George Hampel AM KC
- International Practice Panel
- Munich – Why?
- 1500-2023 - Snapshots of The Inner Temple Library
- The Appeal Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury - The Court of Arches: Ancient and Modern
- Dr Ivy Williams, An Enduring Inspiration to Women Lawyers
- Gilds and Things
- The History of The Inner Temple through its Treasures
- Human Rights in Britain and France: From Thomas Becket to the French Revolution
- Law in a Time of Plague - Was the Law a Good Doctor
- Lawyers and Diplomats
- Paradise Lost and Found
- Religious Disputes and the Custody of Children: Dr Barnardo in the House of Lords
- The Selden Society: “A Scotsman caught young” – The influences which shaped Lord Mansfield
- The Selden Society: John Selden and Legal History
- The Selden Society: The Fire Courts
- The Smirkes and The Inner Temple
- Sub-Treasurers of The Inner Temple
- Treasures from the Library
- William Crashawe's Library
- The Winding Stair: Inside the bitter rivalry of Edward Coke and Francis Bacon
- Master H Meets...Again
- Have We "Had Enough of Experts"?
- Race and the Legal Profession
- The Absolute Ban on Assisted Dying and Lessons from Canada
- Assumptions of Responsibility
- Brain Imaging as Evidence
- Calling It Out: Professionals, their Regulators, Equity and Fairness
- The Bar of Ireland, Brexit and the Common Law
- The English Approach to Deciding Commercial Cases
- The Executive and the Courts in the Constitution
- Experts: Love or Loath? The Involvement of Experts in Legal Proceedings
- Forensic Document Examination - The Science Today
- Forensic Identification from the Hand
- The Future for Regulation of the UK Public Markets
- Giving Judges a Voice in Democracies
- The History of the Law Officers
- How the Law Should Respond to External Crises Such as COVID-19
- Lawyer or Politician: What is the Attorney General?
- The Limits of Fiduciary Rules
- Memory as Evidence
- Politics and the Law
- The Predicament and Agency of Refugees
- Previous Lecture Series and Speakers
- Proof in International Criminal Trials
- Reforming the Law of Contempt of Court
- A Public Health Approach to Equality Law
- The Role of the Medical Examiner
- 'Sales' on Retention of Title Terms
- Show me the money!
- Sport - Law and Ethics
- The Wild and Ridiculous Doctrine of Equality
- What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Racist in a Profession Full of Privileged People?
- The Work of UNIDROIT and the Future for the International Harmonisation of Commercial Law
- Perverse Not Guilty Verdicts Should Remain Final
- AI: Risks and Benefits
- Assisted Dying
- Asylum and Immigration: Do Sovereign Island Nations have a Duty to Provide Refuge?
- Britain's Unwritten Constitution
- The Crime of Ecocide
- Do Magnitsky Type Sanctions Develop the Rule of Law?
- Does the Bar Need to Communicate and Market Itself More in the Modern World?
- Environmental Law: Regulation and the Right to Protest
- Global Responses to the Forcibly Displaced
- Handing Back the Past: Cultural Repatriation
- Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive and Well?
- Is the Rise in Mass Litigation distorting our Legal System and the UK Economy?
- Is Anything More Needed to Ensure Freedom of Speech?
- Is There a Case for Anonymity in Social Media?
- Is Our Adversarial System Fit for Purpose?
- Is it Better to Review or Monitor Terror Laws? The UK and Australian Positions Compared
- Peace vs Justice
- Prison Reform
- The Rule of Law in Times of International Conflict
- Should UK Judges and ex-Judges Be Sitting in Hong Kong?
- Should our Constitution Protect Against Party Elected Leaders?
- Ukraine War: Peace-making Ahead – Traditional Methods of Accountability or New Solutions?
- Special Gandhi Lecture
- What Does a Master of the Bench Do?
- Frequently asked questions
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Is the Rise in Mass Litigation distorting our Legal System and the UK Economy?
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