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Lawyers and Parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth discuss their respective roles and boundaries in relation to the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles and the Separation of Powers. Questions include:

How do lawyers and Parliamentarians co-operate for the good of all?
What are their respective roles in properly holding governments to account?
What are the challenges in post-pandemic democracies?

Co-Chairs
Brian Speers, President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
Emily Davies, Head of Secretary-General’s Private Office, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

Panellists:
Judge Zak Yacoob, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Rtd
Senator Hon. Alincia Williams-Grant, President of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda
Oluseun (‘Seun) Abimbola, SAN., Chairman of the Section on Legal Practice and a previous Attorney General of Oyo State, Nigeria