Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was made a QC in 1982, was a Recorder from 1986 to 1993 and was a High Court Judge from 1993 to 2001. He was in charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 1998 to 2001 and was a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2010 to 2012. He studied Classics at Wadham College, Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1968. He is currently an arbitrator/mediator at 39 Essex Chambers.

Lady Cosgrove was the first female sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, from 1979 to 1983, and Sheriff of Lothian and Borders from 1983 to 1996. From 1992 to 1996 she was a temporary judge in the High Court and Court of Session. In 1996 she became the first woman to be appointed to a permanent seat on the Court of Session bench taking the judicial title Lady Cosgrove. She was Chair of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland and Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. She was awarded a CBE in 2004 for services to the criminal justice system in Scotland. She studied Law at the University of Glasgow.

Baroness Deech held many senior positions during her career including as a Governor of the BBC. She was a tutorial fellow in law at St Anne’s College, Oxford from 1970 to 1991 after which she was elected principal of the college. She was made DBE in 2002 in recognition of her work at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. She was made a life peer sitting as a Crossbencher in 2005. She has argued strongly that Jewish students are subjected to increasing antisemitism on UK campuses and has fought for proper compensation for Jewish-owned property stolen under Nazi occupation in Poland. She graduated from St Anne’s College with a first in law.

Richard Susskind is an author, speaker and independent adviser to major professional firms and national governments. His main area of expertise is the way in which IT and the internet are changing the work of lawyers. He was awarded an OBE in the Millennium New Year’s Honours List for services to IT in the Law and to the administration of justice. He advises on the modernisation of the practice of law and the administration of justice. He has a first class honours degree in Law from the University of Glasgow and a Doctorate in Law and Computers from Balliol College, Oxford.

In 2016 Lord Pannick represented Gina Miller establishing that Parliamentary approval was required before the Prime Minister could initiate proceedings under Article 50 to take the UK out of the EU. He also represented Gina Miller in 2019 to establish that the Prime Minister’s prorogation of Parliament had been unlawful. In 2007 he represented Debbie Purdy in the appeal court of the House of Lords to establish the duty of the DPP to publish guidelines when prosecuting for assisted suicide. He became a QC in 1992 (now KC) and a deputy High Court judge in 1998. In 2008 he became a life peer as a Crossbencher. He studied law at Hertford College, Oxford and was called to the bar in 1979.

Anthony Grabiner, Lord Grabiner KC, is Head of Chambers at One Essex Court, a leading set of commercial barristers in London.   He was Chair of the Governors of the London School of Economics from 1998 to 2007 and Master of Clare College, Cambridge University, from 2014 to 2021.  He has been President of the University of Law since 2015.  In 1999, he was made a life peer as Lord Grabiner and now sits in the House of Lords as a cross bench peer. For over 40 years he has been involved in many of the highest profile commercial disputes that have been fought in London, particularly in the fields of banking & finance, oil & gas, civil fraud, competition and shareholder disputes.

Sir Ivan Lawrence is one of the most experienced criminal KC’s in practice at the criminal bar today. He has appeared in over 90 murder trials and in some of the UK’s most notorious cases including those involving the Kray twins, serial killer Dennis Nilsen, and the Brighton Babes in the Wood murders. He was Conservative MP for Burton from 1974 to 1997. He read jurisprudence at Christ Church, Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1962. He was made a QC in 1981 (now KC) and was knighted in 1992. He is now a member of 5 Pump Court chambers.