Judges in Dialogue

This new Judges in Dialogue event brings together Ms Advocate General Laila Medina from the Court of Justice of the European Union and Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain from the High Court to discuss matters related to proportionality in fundamental rights adjudication.

Particular attention is paid to the challenges of balancing fundamental rights against public interests in cases involving migration governance and restrictive measures, and to the standards of review applied by Courts.

The discussion will be moderated by Professor Paul James Cardwell, Vice Dean Education, King’s College London.

This event series is part of the .

Bush House, Lecture Theatre 1

18:30 - 19:30: Judges discussion with Q&A

19:30 - 20:30: Drinks reception

Born in 1971 in Jelgava (Latvia), Ms Laila Medina studied at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (Malta) where she obtained a master’s degree in international maritime law in 1995. She was subsequently awarded a master’s degree in European law in 2002 at the Rīgas Juridiskā augstskola (Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia).

In 1995, she joined the Latvian Ministry of Transport as Head of the Legal Division and Deputy Director of the Maritime Department. She served in that capacity until 2002, when she was appointed as Adviser to the Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Ministry.

From 2004 to 2005, Ms Medina held the position of Deputy Head of the European Affairs Office at the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia.

In 2005, she joined the Latvian Ministry of Justice as Director of the Policy Planning Department. From 2006, she was Deputy State Secretary for Sector Policy in the Ministry of Justice, then Deputy State Secretary for Legal Policy from 2009 to 2021.

Ms Medina’s career also includes teaching activities. Between 1998 and 2006, she was a lecturer in European law and European institutional law at the Valsts administrācijas skola (School of Public Administration, Latvia). In 2012, she provided training to judges and notaries on the Rome III Regulation. Finally, since 2008, she has been a board member of the Law Faculty of the Biznesa augstskola Turība (‘Turība’ Business School, Latvia).

Ms Medina was appointed as an Advocate General at the Court of Justice on 7 October 2021.

Mr Justice Chamberlain was born and brought up in Edinburgh. After a university education in Oxford and London, he was called to the Bar in 1997. He specialised in public law, human rights, EU and international law. He appeared as counsel in the UK, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

Mr Justice Chamberlain was a member of the Attorney General’s panels of counsel and acted for and against the Crown and other public bodies. He served as a Special Advocate in national security proceedings and was appointed a QC (now KC) in 2013 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2016. He was Chair of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association. He became a High Court Judge in October 2019 and is a Bencher of the Middle Temple.

He became Judge in Charge of the Administrative Court List on 1 September 2024 in a three-year appointment that runs until 31 August 2027.

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