CLC 2025 Presentations

Nesha Abiraj : Rights in Crisis: Should ecocide become the 5th International Crime Against Peace?

Adesina Adegbite : Recruitment and retention in the legal profession - analysis and solutions

The Hon Lady Justice Mabel Agyemang : Safeguarding and strengthening the independence of judiciary

Olumide Akpata : Post-pandemic legal practice – A brave new digital world?

Scott Alden : Slavery and its economic and legal aftermath – What have we learned?

Rajeev Amarasuriya : Constitutions: evolution or circumscription?

Justice Nene Amegatcher : Safeguarding and strengthening the independence of judiciary

Desiree A A Artesi : Slavery and its economic and legal aftermath – What have we learned?

Diana Asonaba Dapaah : Corporate governance - Current developments in commercial practice

Sneh Aurora : Detention in the Commonwealth: Increasing numbers, decreasing rights

Sneh Aurora : Child brides and legalized marital rape - A Commonwealth tragedy

Charles Bagot KC : Professional indemnity insurance in litigious times

Vikramjit Banerjee : UN Sustainable Development Goals and equality of opportunity- a legal response

John Bassie : What are the key features of successful international arbitration of commercial and insurance disputes? Resolving insurance disputes internationally – who’d want to litigate?

Narghis Bundhun SC : Trans-border property disputes in family law

Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill : Can lawyers and the law protect the right to a healthy environment?

Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud : Free Speech: Identity, expression, and self-realisation

Chia Boon Teck : Judicial appointments – Developments and regressions

Roger Chin : Regulation of the profession and COVID emergency measures – Pitfalls and lessons

The Hon. Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE : International Commercial Courts within the domestic system – Enhancing commercial dispute resolution?

Justine A Collins : Artificial intelligence, competition laws, blockchain, emerging technologies, e-commerce – What can we learn from each other?

Gregory Das : Indigenous land rights this Century – The end of terra nullius?

David Denniston : UN Sustainable Development Goals and equality of opportunity- a legal response

Rajiv Dutta : Sports law post COVID – Lawyers’ responsibilities to athletes, organisers, sponsors, and governments

Sir Robert Francis KC : The right to death with dignity - A basic human right?

Caroline P Hay KC : Freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest

M Georgia Gibson Henlin KC : Adversarial systems – Do they have a future post COVID?

Aruneshwar Gupta : Taking the Silk Route - Designating KCs or Senior Advocates

J Gupta : Freedom of religion and the right to faith-based discrimination in education and employment

Shiv Haria Shah : Corporate governance - Current developments in commercial practice

PP Hegde : Model litigant guidelines – do governments take notice, and what if they don’t?

B St Michael Hylton KC : Taking the Silk Route - Designating KCs or Senior Advocates

Abdul Rashid Ismail : Abolishing the death penalty in the Commonwealth - How successful have we been?

Anil K Kapoor : Detention in the Commonwealth: Increasing numbers, decreasing rights

Immaculate Kassait : Online media giants may be “too big to care”—But can the law make them care?

Nandini Khaitan : Human reproductive rights: Can the law keep pace with science?

Dame Brenda King : The impact of legal drafting on the protection of rights and the rule of law

Stefan Knights : The impact of legal drafting on the protection of rights and the rule of law

Justice Vasheist Kokaram : Is mediation a separate profession? The role of lawyers as mediators

Bob Latham : Sports law post COVID – Lawyers’ responsibilities to athletes, organisers, sponsors, and governments

David A Lavery CB : Regulation of the profession and COVID emergency measures – Pitfalls and lessons

Prof Saul Lehrfreund MBE : Abolishing the death penalty in the Commonwealth - How successful have we been?

Justice J A Logan RFD : Judicial accountability – New developments and threats

Annmarie Lumsden : The right to death with dignity - A basic human right?

Jerome Lynch KC : Lawyer-client privilege - Can it survive a war on money laundering and terrorist financing?

Jerome Lynch KC : Ethics in Action, Ethics is integrity; calamity is the test of integrity

Thalia Maragh : Indigenous land rights this Century – The end of terra nullius?

Maria Mbeneka : Professional indemnity insurance in litigious times

Jacqueline Mckenzie : Refugee rights after COVID – Do they still exist?

Christopher McPherson KC : Professional indemnity insurance in litigious times

Professor David McQuoid-Mason : The right to death with dignity - A basic human right?

The Hon Mr Justice Paul Mugamba (Rtd) : Judicial accountability – New developments and threats

Brigid Napier : Recruitment and retention in the legal profession - analysis and solutions

Amirali Nasir : Trade laws - Using international sanctions to further political ends

Lt Col (Dr) Michelle Nel : Military justice in the Commonwealth: common challenges and opportunities for reform

Wanjiru Ngige : Is mediation a separate profession? The role of lawyers as mediators.

Joyce Oduah : Regulation of the profession and COVID emergency measures – Pitfalls and lessons

Laurie Pawlitza : Trans-border property disputes in family law

Dr Srirak Plipat : Protecting freedom of the media – what more can we do?

Angelique Pouponneau : Can lawyers and the law protect the right to a healthy environment?

Veronica Rios : UN Sustainable Development Goals and equality of opportunity- a legal response

Seetheraman Sampath : Trade laws - Using international sanctions to further political ends

Joanna Shireen Sarkar : The Colonial Hangover - the lasting impact of colonialism on the Common Law and beyond

Andrew Sharland KC : Freedom of religion and the right to faith-based discrimination in education and employment

The Hon Mrs Justice Bubile G Shonga : Judicial education and the use of technology in the courtroom

Ben Slade : Class actions – A lawyers’ picnic or true access to justice?

Tana'ania Small Davis KC : Model litigant guidelines – do governments take notice, and what if they don’t?

Raja Eileen Soraya : Human reproductive rights: Can the law keep pace with science?

Elizabeth Speller : Child brides and legalized marital rape - A Commonwealth tragedy

Frances Swaine : Model litigant guidelines – do governments take notice, and what if they don’t?

Steven Thiru : Freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest

Hazel Thompson-Ahye : Child brides and legalized marital rape - A Commonwealth tragedy

Donovan C Walker : Sports law post COVID – Lawyers’ responsibilities to athletes, organisers, sponsors, and governments