World law chiefs meet
Published 20 September 2010
More than 180 chief justices, judges and magistrates from around the world attended a conference at the University of Brighton.
The 40th Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (CMJA) week-long conference that ended on Thursday 16 September was opened by Mrs Justice Norma Wade-Miller, association president, and Professor Julian Crampton, the university's Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Crampton said students from 100 countries study at the university and law was becoming an increasingly popular subject: "We have a very large business faculty, the Brighton Business School, which includes the law group, and I am very pleased that the area of law is one which is undergoing a very real development and expansion within the university."
Keynote speakers included Lord Igor Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
The CMJA is a UK-based charity and conference delegates from 35 countries, including Canada, Falkland Islands, Ghana and Papua New Guinea, discussed topics focused on Commonwealth justice and judicial independence and standards.
Subjects included forced marriages, war crimes tribunals, and pirates off Somalia. A keynote speech 'Protecting the liberty of the individual' was given by the university's Professor Jonathan Black-Branch JP, professor of international law.
Left to right: Professor Julian Crampton, Vice-Chancellor; Paul Norton, CMJA hon treasurer; Mrs Justice Norma Wade-Miller, CMJA president; Judge Sanji Monageng, judge at the International Criminal Court; Lord Hope of Craighead, deputy president of the UK Supreme Court; and Chief Justice Mahapela Lehohla, chief justice of Lesotho.
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