MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, QC, FBA
Justice of the Supreme Court 2009 -
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2001-2009;
Formerly Lord Advocate, 1992-1995;
Senator of the College of Justice, 1995-1996;
Lord President of Court of Session and Lord Justice General of Scotland, 1996-2001.
Member of the Council and Chairman of the Society since 2002.

Professor T St John Bates
Director, Bates Enterprises Ltd
Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde Law School and
Isle of Man International Business School.
Associate Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
Editor, Statute Law Review.
Board Member, European Association of Legislation.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1989.
 
Sir Geoffrey Bowman KCB, QC, MA, LLM (Cantab)
First Parliamentary Counsel 2002-2006.
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn.
Member of the Council of the Society since 2006.

Conrad Dehn, QC, MA (Oxon), Barrister
Practising barrister; QC since 1968.

Professor Gavin Drewry
Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Laws, University College, London.
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences
and former Chairman of the Study of Parliament Group.
Deputy Editor, Statute Law Review.
Has published widely in the areas of public sector reform, the role of appellate courts and parliamentary procedure.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1995.

Denis Edwards, LLB (Glasgow), LLM (Osgoode Hall), Barrister
Practising barrister, specialising in Public Law, with particular reference to the
law relating to the European Union, education, equality and human rights.
Formerly Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde and
Assistant Professor of Law, City University, Hong Kong.
Publications include Judicial Review (with Lord Clyde).
Member of the Council of the Society and Honorary Treasurer since 2004.

Robin Ford, BA (McGill), LLB, MA (Victoria, BC)
Specialist in regulatory and competition law.
Formerly full-time Commissioner, British Columbia Securities Commission.
Formerly Head of the Insurance Legal Team at Her Majesty's Treasury and then at the newly created Financial Services Authority.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1998.

Neville March Hunnings, LLB (London), PhD (London)
Founding Editor, Commercial Laws of Europe.
Editor, Encyclopaedia of European Union Law - Constitutional Texts.
Formerly Editor, Common Market Law Reports.
Formerly member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC).
Publications include Film Censors and the Law and The European Courts.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1983.

Ian McLeod LLB (Manchester), BA, Bphil (Open), Solicitor
Associate Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London;
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Teesside.
Publications include Legal Theory (also translated into Chinese); Legal Method; and Key Concepts in Law.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1996.

The Hon. Mr Justice Philip Sales
High Court Judge, Chancery Division
Called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1985 and took Silk in 2006.
Appointed a Recorder in 1999.
Appointed First Treasury Junior Counsel in 1997.
Appointed First Treasury Counsel in 2006.
Member of the Council of the Society since 2008.

 
Alec Samuels, JP, BA (Cantab), Barrister
Formerly Reader in Law, University of Southampton.
Member of the Editorial Board, Statute Law Review.
Has published extensively on a wide variety of legal topics.
Member of the Council of the Society since 1985.

Professor Stefan Vogenauer, MA (Oxon), MJur (Oxon)
Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Director of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law.
Publications in the areas of comparative law, legal history, contract law and legal method, with particular emphasis on statutory interpretation.
Member of the Council of the Society since 2004.

Helen Xanthaki, LLB (Athens), MJur, PhD (Dunelm), Member of the Athens Bar
Senior Lecturer and Academic Director of the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
Has published extensively in the area of legislative drafting and law reform with particular references to the reform of EU criminal law.
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Law Reform.
Member of the Council of the Society since 2002.