Breakfast Club 1: Enemies of the people? The role of an independent judiciary in times of populism
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BA, Dr. jur. Array LORD THOMAS OF CWMGIEDD
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1972-1996 | Barrister and Queen's Counsel (1984) |
1996 | Judge of High Court, Commercial Court of England and Wales |
1998-2001 | Presiding Judge of Wales |
2002-2003 | Judge in charge of the Commercial Court of England and Wales |
2003-2006 | Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales and Judge of Court of Appeal |
2008-2011 | Vice President of the Queen's Bench Division and Judge of Court of Appeal |
2011-2013 | President of the Queen's Bench Divison and Judge of Court of Appeal |
Since 2013 Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |
Dr. LL.M Christiane C. WENDEHORST
Professor of Private Law, University of Vienna; President, European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna
1988-1995 | Law Studies, First and Second State Examination in Law, LMU Munich |
1993-1998 | Doctorate in law and Habilitation, LMU Munich |
1997-1998 | Master of Laws, University of Cambridge |
1998-1999 | Gerd-Bucerius-Chair for Comparative Law and Legal Harmonisation in the Baltic Sea Region, University of Greifswald |
1999-2008 | Professor of Private Law, Medical Law, Conflict of Laws and Comparative Law (Chair), University of Göttingen |
2000-2008 | Managing Director, Sino-German Institute for Legal Studies, Göttingen |
since 2008 | Professor of Private Law (Chair), Department of Civil Law, University of Vienna |
since 2011 | Founding Member and currently President of the European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna |
since 2015 | Chair, Private Law Section, Austrian Jurists Association (ÖJT), Vienna |
since 2017 | Chair, Academy Council, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna |