Priorities include exploring how technology can save time and money, addressing the challenges posed by environmental law, encouraging cross-border understanding in family law, promoting innovation in business law, and improving the capacity of courts around the world.
Judicial officeholders visit or host their counterparts abroad each year, committing hundreds of hours to training, mentoring, collaboration, speeches and conference events.
Launching the Judicial Strategy for International Engagement 2025-29 last week, Baroness Carr said: ‘The independent judiciary, the cornerstone of the rule of law, is an integral part of what the UK has to offer to the world.
‘That is why international litigants come here and international finance regards us as a safe place to invest.’