2023: Access to Justice

15 November 2023 

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS), and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

49 Park Lane, London, W1K 1PS United Kingdom

Programme

15 November 2023

09:30–9:45: Registration and coffee

09:45–10:00: Welcome

10:00–11:30: Keynote Panel: Access to Justice - the State of Play [Video]

Chair: Conway Blake—Partner, Debevoise

Dr. Julinda Beqiraj—Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law, BIICL

Richard Naidu—Partner, Munro Leys, Fiji

Justice Oagile Dingake—Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea

11:30–11:45: Break

11:45– 13:15: Access to Justice - Climate Change [Video]

Chair: Ingrid Gubbay—Of Counsel, Hausfeld, London

Monica Feria-Tinta—Barrister, Twenty Essex Street

His Excellency Mr Jitoko Tikolevu—High Commissioner of Fiji, London

Bethany Mataiti and Mary Moeono-Kolio—Pacific Climate Warriors

Aisha Abdallah—Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP, Nairobi

13:15–14:15: Lunch

14:15–15:30: Access to Justice - AI & Technology [Video]

Chair: Steven Finizio—Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Rajesh Ramloll, S.C.—Solicitor-General of Mauritius

Crenguta Leaua—Professor and Board Member, Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center

Connie Minett—Foreign Policy Adviser, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs

15:30–16:00: Break

16:00–17:30: Access to Justice - the Unchartered Dimension [Video]

Chair: Michael Greenop—Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Anne Bodley—Founder and President, Lex:lead

Godwin Tan—Associate, Allen & Overy

Carlos Gaio—CEO, Media Defence

Helen Churchman—Principal Advisor, NZ Ministry for Primary Industries and former representative for Tonga at the United Nations in New York

17:30–18:00: Concluding remarks [Video]

Matthew Chin Barnes—Linklaters

18:00–20:00: Drinks reception