Opening of the Legal Year 2019
Bar Leaders’ Discussion
Tuesday 1 October, 14.30-16.30, House of Lords, Committee Room G
Title: “The future of international justice systems”
Topics for discussion:
a. International Criminal Justice (14.35 – 15.10)
– looking at the situation of the ICC and the special tribunals (e.g. Lebanon)
Speakers:
- Stephen Kay QC
- Jill Marshall, Consultant at Bindmans
- Allen Gichuhi, President of the Law Society of Kenya
b. International Economic Justice (15.10 – 15.50)
– e.g. US boycott of the WTO Tribunals – future of the WTO Dispute Resolution System, ICSID debate
- Alastair Sutton, Brick Court Chambers
- Shai Wade, partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP
- Elizabeth Espinosa, President of the Law Society of New South Wales
c. International Environmental Justice (15.50-16.25)
– no global body in place – what might be done? Are other courts able to deliver this?
- Stephen Hockman QC
- Matthew Renshaw, Leigh Day
- Issouf Baadhio, President of the UIA
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