More than 250 barristers are attending the World Bar Conference in Belfast and Dublin this week. Photograph: The Irish Times
Other guest speakers include attorneys general, judges, and leading legal experts from across the various participating jurisdictions. Man whose late wife administered lethal dose of medication to their baby says mental health system is broken More than 250 delegates are attending the conference from common law jurisdictions around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and South Africa, as well as the Bars of Scotland, England and Wales.
“I am delighted to welcome the World Bar Conference in Dublin 100 years after Ireland’s independent legal system was established,” she said. “The preservation of the rule of law is something that should not be taken for granted and the role of an independent bar and independent judiciary play a key role within that.”