2016

18 January 2016

Dr James Goudkamp, Inner Temple Academic Fellow and Professor Donal Nolan, University of Oxford
Contributory Negligence in Practice

15 February 2016

Professor Christopher Newdick, University of Reading
Are Medical Ethics Bad for our Health?

14 March 2016

The Hon Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace, Chair: Australian Advocacy Institute
The Essential Requirements of Good Advocacy

The Essential Requirements of Good Advocacy

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27 April 2016

Dr Paul Wragg, University of Leeds and Inner Temple Academic Fellow
Privacy and the Media

Privacy and the Media

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10 October 2016

Dr Maksymilian Del Mar, Queen Mary University of London, Academic Fellow
Legal Reasoning in the Common Law Tradition

Legal Reasoning in the Common Law Tradition

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14 November 2016

Master Falconer (The Rt Hon the Lord Falconer of Thoroton)
The Judges and Politics - Too Close or Too Far Away?

The Judges and Politics: Too Close or Too Far Away?

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2015

The theme for the 2015 Lecture Series was "Inner Templars who have Helped Change the World."

19 January 2015

Dr George Garnett, University Oxford
Why Good Lawyers are such Bad Historians: the Case of Sir Edward Coke

16 February 2015

The Rt Hon The Lord Boateng
Gandhi: Constitutionalism and the Legacy of Non-Violent Direct Action in Sub-Saharan Africa

30 March 2015

Master Bennett (Sir Hugh Bennett)
Family Arbitration

5 October 2015

Master Straw (The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP)
Clement Attlee

9 November 2015

Master Butler-Sloss (The Rt Hon The Baroness Butler-Sloss of Marsh Green GBE)
The Legal Glass Ceiling - Broken or Merely Cracked?

2014

The theme for the 2014 Lecture Series was "Recent Landmarks in the Law."

20 January 2014

Per Laleng, Inner Temple Academic Fellow, University of Kent
Is Fairchild a Leading Case of the Common Law?

17 February 2014

Professor Andrew Burrows QC, University of Oxford
Unjust Enrichment

17 March 2014

Joanna Miles, Senior Lecturer and Fellow at the University of Cambridge
LIPs, LASPO and the State of Family Justice

6 October 2014

Professor Robert Stevens, University of Oxford
Contract Interpretation: What it Says on the Tin

10 November 2014

Master Sedley (The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Sedley)
The Royal Prerogative: Then and Now

2013

The theme for the 2013 Lecture Series was "Human Rights and our Relationship with the Strasbourg Court."

21 January 2013

Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Are Bills of Rights Necessary in Common Law Systems?

18 February 2013

Louise Christian, Senior Consultant and Head of Public Law at Christian Khan Solicitors
Should the Decisions of the Foreign Secretary be Justiciable?

18 March 2013

Master Fitzgerald (Edward Fitzgerald QC)
Extradtition, Deportation and Human Rights.

7 October 2013

Master Mahoney (Judge Paul Mahoney)
The Relationship between the Strasboug Court and the National Courts.

11 November 2013

Master Reed (The Rt Hon Lord Reed)
The Common Law and the ECHR

2012

The theme for the 2012 Lecture Series was "Academics and Practitioners: Friends or Foe?"

23 January 2012

Justice Dyson Heydon AC
Threats to Judicial Independence - The Independence of the Judiciary - The Enemy Within.

20 February 2012

Professor Cheryl Thomas
Why Judges and Juries Need (some) Academicshe Independence of the Profession and the Rule of Law.

19 March 2012

Dr Iyiola Solanke
Academics and Practitioners: Common Occupants of Interplanetary Craft.

23 April 2012

James Lee
The Doctrine of Precedent and the Supreme Court

11 November 2012

Master Reed (The Rt Hon Lord Reed)
The Common Law and the ECHR

8 October 2012

Professor Sir Robin Jacob
Stopping People doing Things can Sometimes be a Good Idea.

12 November 2012


Master Beatson


Academics: Forgotten Players or Interlopers?

2011

The theme for the 2011 Lecture Series was "The Independence of the Profession and the Judiciary".

21 February 2011


Master Anthony Hughes


Independence of the Judiciary - from what?

21 March 2011


Master Deech & Peter Lodder QC


The Independence of the Profession and the Rule of Law.

10 October 2011


Master Keith


Independence of the International Judge from Governments, the Media and the Public.

14 November 2011


Master Forsyth


Judicial Review: The Handmaiden of Democracy.

2010

The theme for the 2010 Lecture Series was "Professionalism".

22 February 2010


Rt Hon the Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury


The Ethics of Professionalism in the 21st Century.

22 March 2010

Robert Webb QC FRAeS

Professionalism at the Self-Employed Bar and the Employed Bar - a Comparison.

11 October 2010


Professor Dame Hazel Genn DBE


Professionalism and the Public Good.

1 November 2010


Professor Margaret Wilson


A Comparison of the UK and New Zealand Supreme Courts.

15 November 2010


Guy Beringer QC


Semper Reformanda - Can Professionalism Survive the Demands of the Modern Marketplace?

2009

The Criminal Justice System: Is it Failing the Nation?


Speakers included Cherie Booth QC and Lord Ramsbotham GCB CBE (former Chief Inspector of Prisons)

 

Who will Regulate the Regulators?


Speakers included The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws, Timothy Dutton QC and Sir Bob Hepple QC FBA


The Work of International Courts


Speakers included The Rt Hon Sir Konrad Schiemann on The European Court of Justice; Jean Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights; and Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE JSD FBA QC, former President of the International Court of Justice