The Inns of Court Fellowship Scheme is open to senior judges from the following jurisdictions:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Caribbean
  • Ghana
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • United States (federal)

Nominations for the Fellowships are sought annually from the Chief Justices of each jurisdiction. The Institute cannot accept any applications directly.

Inns of Court Selection Committee 2023-24

  • Professor Carl Stychin (Director, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
  • Sir Mark Havelock-Allan (Inner Temple)
  • Sir David Foskett (Gray’s Inn)
  • Lady Arden (Lincoln’s Inn)
  • Mr Giles Goodfellow QC (Middle Temple)

For further information contact Eliza Boudier eliza.boudier@sas.ac.uk

2023-2024 Inns of Court Fellow

The Hon. Justice James O’Reilly, Federal Court of Canada  

Subject of Research: The right to information and protection for those who seek for the information to deepen democracy and furthermore to hold public office holders accountable.

Inns of Court Fellow Lecture 2023/24

Subject of Research:  Thinking Judicially, Fast and Slow’: Judicial decision-making: optimal conditions, cognitive errors, biases or illusions, and practical solutions for limiting such errors and inconsistencies in judicial decision-making.  

Date of Visit: 18 September to 11 December 2023

Upcoming Lecture

https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/ials-fellows-seminar-can-judges-make-better-decisions

Past Inns Of Court Fellows

2003/2004 Onwards

 

 

 

Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei, Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ghana


2022/23


The Hon. Justice Forrie Miller, New Zealand Court of Appeal


2021/22


The Hon. Justice Anthony Besanko (Federal Court of Australia)

 

2019/20


The Hon. Justice Mary Newbury (Supreme Court of British Columbia)

 

2018/19


The Honourable David Masuhara, Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada

 

2017/2018


Rt. Hon Justice Mark Weinberg, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
 

 

2016/2017


The Mr Justice Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court, Malaysia
 

 

2015/2016


The Hon Justice James Williams, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division
 

 

2014/2015


The Hon Mme Justice Désirée Bernard, Caribbean Court of Justice
 

 

2013/2014


The Rt. Hon Justice Mark O’Regan, President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand
 

 

2012/2013


The Hon. Justice James Allsop, President, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Australia
 

 

2011/2012


The Hon. Justice Rolston F. Nelson,Caribbean Court of Justice
 

 

2010/2011


The Hon. Justice Susan Crennan, High Court of Australia
 

 

2009/2010


The Hon. Justice William Young, President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand
 

 

2008/2009


Justice Pierre Blais, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Appeal, Canada
 

 

2007/2008


Justice Keith Mason, President, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Australia
 

 

2006/2007


Justice Robert French, Federal Court of Australia
 

 

2005/2006


Judge Carole Lewis, Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa
 

 

2004/2005


Judge David Baragwanath, High Court of Auckland, New Zealand
 

 

2003/2004