The training is designed to help legal practitioners understand the importance of judicial independence and how it operates in practice. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge on maintaining impartiality in judicial decisions, avoiding external influence, and the role of independence in upholding the rule of law.

Key topics that will be discussed include:

• key principles of judicial independence
• challenges to judicial independence in modern legal systems
• the impact of external influences on judicial decisions
• practical strategies to enhance judicial integrity
• comparison to international systems

The Lord Faulks KC

Justice, AIFC Court

Justice Lord Faulks KC was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1973 and was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1996. He was created a life peer member of the UK House of Lords in 2000 and was appointed Minister of State at the UK Ministry of Justice between 2013 and 2016. He was appointed a Recorder in 2000 and a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2002.

His specialist expertise includes commercial law, arbitration, and professional negligence law. He was Chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association between 2002 and 2004 and was appointed Special Advisor to the UK Government Department for Constitutional Affairs on compensation culture between 2005 and 2006. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is an Honorary Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University.

He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford University, where he graduated with an MA.