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. Hall and Bench members are welcome to attend.

If you have any further questions please contact the Member Engagement Team.