• Source: Law Council of Wales

      • The Law Council of Wales (Welsh: Cyngor Cyfraith Cymru) is an organisation in Wales which promotes legal education, awareness of Welsh law, provision of teaching the law in Welsh and to assist students in law training.


      History


      The Law Council of Wales was established for the purpose of promoting legal education, training and awareness in Welsh law. The council also supports economic development and sustainability of law in Wales.


      = Thomas Commission

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      The Law Council of Wales was established following recommendations by the independent Commission of Justice in Wales in 2019 which set out the vision of the legal system in Wales. The commission was chaired by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.


      Committee members


      Lord Lloyd-Jones, UK Supreme Court (President of the Law Council of Wales)
      Professor Emyr Lewis, Aberystwyth University
      Alison Perry, Swansea University
      Dr Hephzibah Egede, Cardiff Metropolitan University
      Mark Davies, Goldstones Solicitors & Chair of The Law Society Wales Committee
      Dr Nerys Llewelyn-Jones, Agri Advisor
      David Elias QC, 9 Park Place Chambers
      Jonathan Elystan Rees QC, Apex Chambers
      In-house representative with one place shared on alternating basis: Dan Caunt, Admiral Group PLC, and Daniela Mahapatra, NWSSP Legal & Risk Services
      Sir Wyn Williams, President of Welsh Tribunals
      Presiding Judge for Wales representative shared alternatively between Mr Justice Simon Picken and Mrs Justice Nerys Jefford
      Jenny Hopkins, Crown Prosecution Service
      Lord Justice Green, Law Commission
      Mr Justice Martin Griffiths, Judicial College
      Fran Targett, National Advice Network for Wales


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