IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Committee(s)
Judges' Forum
(Lead)
Description
What are the universal themes in the diverse justice systems and do they hold us together? Do laws such as laws from the East, Sharia law, customary law, Roman and common law solve universal problems in similar ways? What moral or legal force do they have?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Steven Kay KC | 9BR Chambers , London, England; Senior Vice Chair, Judges' Forum |
Speakers
| Seán Guerin | The Bar of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; President / Chairperson, The Bar of Ireland |
| Lim Mary Thiam Suan | Federal Court of Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia |
| Justice Ngozika Okaisabor | Court of Appeal, Abuja, Nigeria; Member, Judges' Forum Advisory Board |
| Professor William Schabas | Middlesex University/Leiden University, London, England |