Advisors of the Institute

Since its inception the Institute has benefitted enormously from external advice and guidance provided by its Advisory Council. This has been composed of members of the judiciary, academics, practitioners and representatives of international organisations. In early 2006 a process was undertaken to restructure and reinforce this advisory body, in order that the Institute be in an even stronger position to achieve its objectives.

Members of the Advisory Council are set out in the following list. This comprises eminent members of the Institute as appointed by the Board of Trustees. The functions, obligations and membership of the Advisory Council are determined by the Board of Trustees.


Advisory Council Members


Dapo Akande

University Lecturer in Public International Law; Yamani Fellow in Public International Law, St Peters College, Oxford; 2008-2009 Visiting Associate Professor and Robinna Foundation International Fellow at Yale Law School


Judge David Anderson CMG

Formerly International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg


Sir Christopher Bellamy KCMG QC

Consultant, Linklaters, London; Member, Institute's Bingham Appeal Board


Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC

Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office


Professor Alan Boyle

Professor of Public International Law, University of Edinburgh


The Hon Sir Nicolas Bratza

Section President (British), European Court of Human Rights


The Rt Hon Lord Justice Carnwath CVO

Lord Justice of Appeal


Victoria Cochrane

Lawyer, Ernst & Young


The Rt Hon Lord Collins

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary


Tim Cowen

Barrister; Visiting Professor, City of London School of Law; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, European Business School London


The Hon Mr Justice Cranston DCL QC

Judge, High Court, Queen's Bench Division


Professor James Crawford SC FBA

Director, Lauterpacht Research Centre, Cambridge


Clare Dyer

Legal Editor, The Guardian


The Rt Hon Sir David Edward KCMG QC

Vice President, British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Former Judge of the European Court of Justice


Professor Piet Eeckhout

Director, European Law Centre, Kings College, London


Professor Malcolm Evans OBE

Dean of Social Sciences & Law; Professor of Public International Law, University of Bristol


Helen Fletcher Rogers

Barrister; Business Consultant Companies & Charities


Lady Fox CMG QC

Former Vice President, British Institute of International and Comparative Law


Dr David Freestone

Deputy General Counsel, Advisory Services, Legal Vice Presidency, The World Bank, Washington


Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE LLD FBA QC


The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary


Professor Jonathan Harris

Professor of International Commercial Law, University of Birmingham


Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC

President and Chairman, British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Former President, International Court of Justice, The Hague


The Rt Hon Lord Hoffman

Former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary


The Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary


Alan Jenkins

Chairman, Eversheds LLP


Judge Koen Lenaerts

Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communites, Luxembourg


Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC

Barrister, 20 Essex Street; Emeritus Director, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge


The Hon Mr Justice Lloyd Jones

Judge, Queen's Bench Division, High Court of Justice


John Louth

Oxford University Press


The Rt Hon Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada


The Rt Hon Lord Mance

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary


HE Judge Thomas Mensah

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg


The Rt Hon Lord Neill of Bladen QC

Barrister, 20 Essex Street


Sir Peter North CBE DCL FBA QC


The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

Senior Law Lord


The Rt Hon Lord Justice Richards

Lord Justice of Appeal


Professor Jonathan Rickford CBE

Visiting Professor in Corporate Law, London School of Economics


Joshua Rozenberg

Legal Editor, The Daily Telegraph


Judge Sir Konrad Schiemann

Court of Justice of the European Communities


The Rt Hon Lord Justice Sedley

Lord Justice of Appeal


Advocate-General Eleanor Sharpston QC

Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg


Professor Malcolm Shaw QC

The Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law, University of Leicester


Judge Bruno Simma

Judge of the International Court of Justice, The Hague


Judge Christiaan Timmermans

President of the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg


Andrew Trollope QC

Barrister, 187 Fleet Street, London


Stephen Walzer

Business Consultant; Member of the UK Competition Commission, Board member, Solicitors Regulation Authority; Public interest member, Audit Registration Committee, ICAEW.