Speeches
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28/04/2022
Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference
The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, has spoken at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference in York. His lecture was entitled: ‘The proper place of the law in a digital society’. Sir Geoffrey argued that law is actually rather more important, more essential, and even perhaps more ‘lovable’ than most people think. He set […]
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09/04/2022
Speech: The Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture 2022
Helen Adam, Chair of the Family Solutions Group, delivered the Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture 2022 at the Family Justice Council conference. The title of the lecture was: Time for Climate Change in the Family Justice System. The speech can be read in full below.
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17/03/2022
Speech by the Master of the Rolls: The Future for Dispute Resolution – Horizon Scanning
The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, has delivered the Sir Brian Neill Lecture to the Society of Computers and Law. The Master of the Rolls sets out how digital reform is now unashamedly mainstream with analogue systems and paper soon being things of the past. He challenges those tasked with considering the future […]
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15/03/2022
Speech by Mr Justice Foxton: Edmund King Memorial Lecture
Mr Justice Foxton, who sits in the Commercial Court, has delivered a lecture in memory of Edmund King QC to the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR). Entitled “What did the French ever do for us? Historic and prospective French influences on English private law”, the speech addressed the influence of French legal writers and concepts on […]
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17/12/2021
Speeches given by Commercial judges in Leeds BPC Forum and to LCLCBA
Mrs Justice Cockerill addressed the Leeds Business and Property Courts Forum in a hybrid event attended by the Chancellor, the head of the Leeds Circuit Commercial Court, HHJ Jonathan Klein, local professions and business representatives, on 1 December 2021. The topic was “The Speedy Determination of the Questions really in Controversy between the Parties”: the […]
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26/11/2021
Mrs Justice Cockerill delivers fifth annual Jill Poole Memorial Lecture at Aston University
Mrs Justice Cockerill, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, has delivered the fifth annual Jill Poole Memorial Lecture at Aston University. The lecture, in honour of the university’s first Dean of Law, has previously been given by Lord Thomas of Cwmgeidd, Lord Leggatt, Lady Justice Carr and Lord Justice Snowden. The Lecture, entitled […]
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11/11/2021
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave pens article for the Australian Law Journal
Lord Justice Haddon-Cave has written an article about the conduct of terrorism trials in England and Wales for a special edition of the Australian Law Journal on ‘National Security and the Law’. The manner in which these complex and sensitive trials are conducted, he writes, “…is a mark of how civilised a society we are, […]
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12/10/2021
Speech by the President of the Family Division: Supporting Families in Conflict – There is a better way
An Address by Sir Andrew McFarlane to the Jersey International Family Law Conference 2021 Introduction Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to address the Jersey International Family Law Conference. We chance upon each other, you and I, today, some three years into my term as President of the Family Division and, if I […]
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09/10/2021
Lord Chief Justice – Legal Wales Conference closing keynote speech
It has been too long since we have met in person for a Legal Wales Conference. COVID-19 is not behind us but as life returns to something that looks like normal it is a great pleasure to be back in Cardiff and to join at least some of you in person. The programme today has […]
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20/08/2021
Speech by the Lord Chief Justice to HM Judges at Mansion House
Introduction My Lord Mayor, thank you for your introduction and for hosting this event. Tonight would have been the occasion of the judges dinner which, for COVID related reasons, has been beyond the capacity of even the City of London to organise. Nonetheless, I am grateful to you and to the Corporation for enabling me […]