Extrajudicial Communication Perspectives and Practice
This book launch, hosted by UCL, celebrates the first book to comprehensively address the phenomenon of extrajudicial communication.
Extrajudicial Communication Perspectives and Practice
04 Jun 2026, 18:30 – 19:30
This book launch, hosted by UCL, celebrates the first book to comprehensively address the phenomenon of extrajudicial communication.
With contributions from leading legal scholars, this book offers a detailed examination of what judges say outside of the courtroom, when, why, and to what end. It explores extrajudicial communication through both varying perspectives on its use, and the forms that it takes, including judicial speeches, interviews, life writing and more. It does so with a principal focus on the UK judiciary, but also with reflections on its practice in other common law jurisdictions and at international courts and tribunals. The text unpicks the relationship between these communications, constitutional principles and the modern understanding of the judicial role.
This is a fascinating book on how judges communicate outside the courtroom and why it matters.
This is a closed event, by invitation only.
Lord Dyson
Lord John Dyson served as Master of the Rolls from 2012 until his retirement in October 2016. His distinguished judicial career includes serving as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2010–2012) and a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal (2001–2010), where he also acted as Deputy Head of Civil Justice between 2003 and 2006. Previously, Lord Dyson was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales (1993–2001), notably serving as the judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court. Earlier in his career, he served as a Recorder from 1986 until 1993. Called to the Bar by Middle Temple in 1968 as a Harmsworth Scholar, he maintained a lifelong connection to the Inn, ultimately serving as its Treasurer in 2017. His influential extrajudicial writings include a reflection on 'Justice: Continuity and Change' and his personal memoir in the 2019 'A Judge's Journey'. Both were published by Hart, Bloomsbury.
Professor Cheryl Thomas
Cheryl the UK’s first professor of Judicial Studies, at University College London. She is the country’s leading expert on judges and juries, and a specialist in judicial decision-making and diversity. She conducts the UK Judicial Attitude Survey for the judiciaries of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and teaches regularly for the Judicial College. Cheryl is one of the editors of the Crown Court Compendium, and has served as a consultant on judicial affairs to the Judiciaries of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial College of England and Wales, the Scottish Judicial Institute, Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and the Council of Europe among others.
Professor James Lee
James is Professor of English Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law. His principal research interests are in private law, law reform and judicial reasoning in appellate courts. In particular, he has examined how adjudicative structures bear on substantive decision-making, with a focus on the United Kingdom Supreme Court. James is the founding Co-Editor (with Erin Delaney and Andrew Lynch) of the book series Hart Studies on Judging and the Courts, in which Extrajudicial Communications: Perspectives and Practice is the latest instalment.
Dr Hélène Tyrrell
Hélène is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Newcastle Law School. Her research focuses on public law and human rights, particularly courts, judges, and judicial reasoning. She is the co-editor of Extrajudicial Communications: Perspectives and Practice.
Dr Conall Mallory
Conall is a Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. His work focuses on intersections between human rights, judging and discourse. He is the co-editor of Extrajudicial Communications: Perspectives and Practice.
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6:00 pm: Registration and refreshments
6:30 pm: Professor Cheryl Thomas: introduction
6.40pm: Professor James Lee: remarks from series editor
6:50 pm: Lord Dyson: keynote remarks
7:10 pm: Dr Hélène Tyrrell and Dr Conall Mallory: introduction to the collection
7.30 pm: Wine reception
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