Annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture

The annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture commemorates the Pilgrim Fathers voyage to America in 1620 and embodies the themes of freedom and human rights

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Established by the Plymouth Law Society and hosted by the University of Plymouth and Plymouth City Council, the lecture has become a celebrated annual event in the legal profession calendar, attracting current and past Lord Chancellors, Lord Justices of Appeal and Lords of Appeal.

Past speakers

2022 – The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE
2019 – The Lord Burnett of Maldon
2018 – Sir Terence Etherton
2017 – Lady Black
2016 – Sir Brian Leveson
2015 – Lord Dyson
2014 – Lady Justice Hallett
2013 – Lord Justice Judge
2012 – Sir John Thomas
2011 – Sir Nicholas Wall
2010 – Lord Justice Thorpe
2009 – Lord Justice Toulson
2008 – Lord Neuberger
2007 – Sir Mark Farmer

2006 – Sir Anthony Clarke
2005 – Lord Falconer
2004 – Lord Phillips
2003 – Lady Justice Hale
2002 – Lord Justice Sedley
2001 – Lord Hoffman
2000 – Dame Butler-Sloss
1999 – Lord Woolf
1998 – Lord Irvine
1997 – Lord Alexander
1996 – Lord Slynn
1995 – Lord Mackay
1994 – Lord Bingham

Annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture

2018 – Sir Terence Etherton

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