University News Last updated 14 May 2015
The School of Law has published a special edition of the British Journal of American Legal Studies (BJALS), investigating issues facing judges around independence and impartiality.
The School joined forces with the Modern Law Review to host a seminar, chaired by Mark George, QC and with high profile speakers from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK, to look at the concepts of impartiality and the independence of the judiciary in judicial decision making.
The experts discussed the modern-day challenges facing judges when called upon to disqualify themselves from presiding over a case because their neutrality might be considered to be compromised.
The presentations by the Hon Michael Kirby, the Hon Sir Grant Hammond, the Hon Raymond McKoski and the Right Hon Lord Roger Toulson have been published in a BJALS special edition entitled Judicial Recusal: 21 Century Challenges.
For more information, please contact the BJALS Editor in Chief, Dr Anne Richardson Oakes.