The 2024 Elson Ethics Lecture was given by
Dominic Grieve KC
on Tuesday, 8th October
Can there be Ethics in Political Culture?
Dominic Grieve KC, Barrister – Temple Garden Chambers
Dominic Grieve KC developed an extensive Common Law practice including in particular Health & Safety. He took silk in 2008 and has been a Bencher of the Middle Temple since 2004. From 1997 to 2019 he was MP for Beaconsfield and was Attorney General of England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from 2010-2014. He was Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament from 2015-2019.
His work as Attorney General has been in the field of Public and Constitutional Law with cases in the Supreme Court, European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. He has recently completed a review of governance for Islamic Relief Worldwide, a leading humanitarian charity. He is a visiting professor in Law, Politics and Human Rights at Goldsmiths, London University and a member of the Northern Ireland Bar.
You can listen to the audio here.
Transcript of the Lecture is here.