The Newcastle Law Society Lecture will be given by The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin. The title of the talk is Transparency and Open Justice: opportunities and challenges.

Mr Justice Nicklin is one of the  Presiding Judges for Wales and former Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List. He was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1993 and took silk in 2013. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2017 and a High Court Judge in October 2017.  He graduated from Newcastle University in 1992 with a first class degree in Law and before his appointment he was a barrister and media law specialist, and former Joint Head of Chambers at 5RB.