Lecture Night – Justice Malcolm Wallis
Join us for a Lecture Night with Justice Malcolm Wallis, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in South Africa.
Justice Wallis was admitted to the Bar in 1973, he took silk in 1985 and was counsel in over 100 cases in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) of South Africa and the Constitutional Court involving both public and private law. He introduced advocacy training for all advocates in South Africa and continues to train advocates and new trainers, and as faculty on advanced advocacy training courses at Keble College and the Wallenberg, Stellenbosch.
The talk title will be ‘Judicial Power- too little or too much?’. Since World War II there has been an explosion of public law in jurisdictions across the globe with the adoption of a plethora of instruments entrenching rights both domestically and by adherence to international conventions. This has been accompanied by a conceptual shift in regard to the role of judges from being interpreters and expounders of the law to one where courts perceive themselves to be part of a constitutional system of checks and balances or even, as in South Africa, part of a larger project of transformation in society. In the process judgments increasingly trench upon and dictate the direction of policy. Is this desirable and how far should judges go?
Event Details
Talk title: ‘Judicial Power- too little or too much?’
Location: The Ashworth Centre, Lincoln’s Inn (this event is in-person only).
Timings:
Registration: 17:30 – 18:00
Talk: 18:00 – 19:30
Drinks reception: 19:30 – 20:30
Who can attend: All Members of the Inn
This event is a Qualifying Session. Student members who wish to attend and gain a QS must book through their online account. Bookings for QS attendance will open on Tuesday 29 April. Hall and Bench members please book via this page.
If you have any further questions please contact the Member Engagement Team.
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Qualifying Session Information:
Themes: Legal Knowledge, Justice and the Rule of Law
Timings:
17.30: Registration for QS attendees
18:00 – 19:30 – Talk
QS value: 1
Materials and Preparation: No preparation required
Learning Aims:
Professional Statement Reference: (Access the full Professional Statement for Barristers here):
1.3 : Have a knowledge and understanding of the law and procedure relevant to their area(s) of practice.
2.1 : Act with the utmost integrity and independence at all times, in the interests of justice, representing clients with courage, perseverance and fearlessness.
2.4 : Ensure their work does not incur unnecessary fees.