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.
Registration is now open for The Mayflower 400 Lecture, the 29th in a series of lectures that began with the Pilgrim Fathers Lecture which was delivered by Lord Bingham in 1994.
Date: Thursday 28 November 2024 | 18:00–20:30
This year's speaker is The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales who is the latest in a long list of distinguished members of the legal profession to present the lecture.
The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Past speakers
2023 –
The Right Honourable Sir Andrew McFarlane
2022 –
The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE
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
2022 –
2019 –
2018 –
2017 –
2016 –
2015 –
2014 –
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
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