The Annual Mayflower Lecture

The Annual Mayflower Lecture (formerly Pilgrim Fathers) commemorates the Pilgrim Fathers voyage to America in 1620 and embodies the themes of freedom and human rights
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The Annual Mayflower Lecture

The Annual Mayflower Lecture (formerly Pilgrim Fathers) commemorates the Pilgrim Fathers voyage to America in 1620 and embodies the themes of freedom and human rights
The Annual Mayflower Lecture is a series of lectures that began with the first Pilgrim Fathers Lecture delivered by Lord Bingham in 1994.
The lecture, which by tradition embodies themes of freedom and human rights, commemorates the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 which is described by some as one of the most influential journeys in global history and as a defining moment in the relationship between Britain, the USA and the Netherlands.
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.
 
 
 
 

Annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture

Past speakers

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

  • 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