Conference: Transplantation Medicine in the Paediatric Context
UPCOMING EVENT | 01 December 2025 09:30 - 01 December 2025 18:00
How does the law regulate children as donors or recipients of organ transplants?
This conference will bring together lawyers, clinicians, and representatives of faith and non-faith based communities in order to address key questions on consent, autonomy, and decision-making in the field of paediatric transplantation. Find out more here.
Keynote Public Lecture: Lord Justice Jonathan Baker, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Jonathan Baker was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. He practised principally in family law, specialising in children’s cases, and was appointed a QC in 2001. He was a member of Harcourt Chambers for 29 years and served as Head of Chambers from 2004 to 2009. He sat as an assistant recorder from 1998, as a recorder in 2000 and as a deputy High Court judge from 2003.
In 2009, he was appointed a High Court judge assigned to the Family Division. From 2011 to 2017, he was Family Division Liaison Judge for the Western Circuit. From 2016 to 2018, he was judge in charge of appeals to the Family Division. From 2017 to 2018, he was Senior Family Liaison Judge, in which capacity he acted as Chair of the Family Procedure Rules Committee and of the Family Justice Council. He also sat as a judge of the Court of Protection and is the General Editor of the Court of Protection Practice.
He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal on 2 October 2018.
Welcome Address: Sir Ernest Ryder, Master of Pembroke College
Other Speakers:
| Panel 1 | Panel 2 | Panel 3 | Panel 4 | |
| Chair | Sir Ernest Ryder | Professor Thomas Berg | Professor James Neuberger | Dr Farrah Raza |
| Speakers | Dr. Farrah Raza Prof. Jonathan Herring Dr. Joe Brierley Prof. Jaimee Lindsey Dr Isra Black Dr Lisa Forsberg | Prof. Shaun Pattinson Prof. Torsten Verrel Dr Rebecca Limb Prof. Cornelius Engelmann | Dr Chris Callaghan Prof. Douglas Thorburn Dr Jan Dudley Dr Isabel Quiroga | Prof. David A Jones Prof. Gurch Randhawa Revd. Dr. Andrew Teal Ms. Prafula Shah Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Rabbi Yehuda Pink |
The conference is organised by Dr Farrah Raza, Professor Jonathan Herring, and Sydney White.
Conference: Transplantation Medicine in the Paediatric Context
UPCOMING EVENT | 01 December 2025 09:30 - 01 December 2025 18:00
How does the law regulate children as donors or recipients of organ transplants?
This conference will bring together lawyers, clinicians, and representatives of faith and non-faith based communities in order to address key questions on consent, autonomy, and decision-making in the field of paediatric transplantation. Find out more here.
Keynote Public Lecture: Lord Justice Jonathan Baker, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Sir Jonathan Baker was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1978. He practised principally in family law, specialising in children’s cases, and was appointed a QC in 2001. He was a member of Harcourt Chambers for 29 years and served as Head of Chambers from 2004 to 2009. He sat as an assistant recorder from 1998, as a recorder in 2000 and as a deputy High Court judge from 2003.
In 2009, he was appointed a High Court judge assigned to the Family Division. From 2011 to 2017, he was Family Division Liaison Judge for the Western Circuit. From 2016 to 2018, he was judge in charge of appeals to the Family Division. From 2017 to 2018, he was Senior Family Liaison Judge, in which capacity he acted as Chair of the Family Procedure Rules Committee and of the Family Justice Council. He also sat as a judge of the Court of Protection and is the General Editor of the Court of Protection Practice.
He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal on 2 October 2018.
Welcome Address: Sir Ernest Ryder, Master of Pembroke College
Other Speakers:
| Panel 1 | Panel 2 | Panel 3 | Panel 4 | |
| Chair | Sir Ernest Ryder | Professor Thomas Berg | Professor James Neuberger | Dr Farrah Raza |
| Speakers | Dr. Farrah Raza Prof. Jonathan Herring Dr. Joe Brierley Prof. Jaimee Lindsey Dr Isra Black Dr Lisa Forsberg | Prof. Shaun Pattinson Prof. Torsten Verrel Dr Rebecca Limb Prof. Cornelius Engelmann | Dr Chris Callaghan Prof. Douglas Thorburn Dr Jan Dudley Dr Isabel Quiroga | Prof. David A Jones Prof. Gurch Randhawa Revd. Dr. Andrew Teal Ms. Prafula Shah Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Rabbi Yehuda Pink |
The conference is organised by Dr Farrah Raza, Professor Jonathan Herring, and Sydney White.