The purpose of the programme, which is open to members of the Inn and the general public, is to enhance an understanding of the law and its social importance, through the open discussion of difficult questions that the law is asked to address, and concerning which there may be equally plausible but conflicting views.
16 December 2025
Is the Rise in Mass Litigation distorting our Legal System and the UK Economy?
16 December 2025
Perverse Not Guilty Verdicts Should Remain Final
16 December 2025
Handing Back the Past: Cultural Repatriation
16 December 2025
Environmental Law: Regulation and the Right to Protest
15 December 2025
Do Magnitsky Type Sanctions Develop the Rule of Law?
15 December 2025
AI: Risks and Benefits
15 December 2025
Ukraine War: Peace-making Ahead – Traditional Methods of Accountability or New Solutions?
15 December 2025
Is Our Adversarial System Fit for Purpose?
15 December 2025
Should our Constitution Protect Against Party Elected Leaders?
15 December 2025
Global Responses to the Forcibly Displaced. Freedom of Movement or Control by Numbers? Whose Rights? Whose Duties?
15 December 2025
Is it Better to Review or Monitor Terror Laws? The UK and Australian Positions Compared
15 December 2025
Asylum and Immigration: Do Sovereign Island Nations have a Duty to Provide Refuge?
15 December 2025
The Inner Temple and the Rule of Law: The Life of Helmuth von Moltke
15 December 2025
Does the Bar Need to Communicate and Market Itself More in the Modern World?
15 December 2025
Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive and Well?
15 December 2025
Britain’s Unwritten Constitution
15 December 2025
Is Anything More Needed to Ensure Freedom of Speech?
15 December 2025
Peace vs Justice
15 December 2025
Assisted Dying