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OAG_ministerial_meetings_Oct_to_Dec_2025
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Mark Evans, President of the Law Society of England and Wales; Minister of State at the MoJ, Sarah Sackman KC MP; Patricia Thom and Ben Kemp, Law Society of Scotland; representatives from the Canadian Bar Association; representatives from the Federation o | Roundtable hosted by the Law Society of England and Wales to learn about market access challenges for the UK legal sector in Canada |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Mark Evans, President of the Law Society of England and Wales; Minister of State at the MoJ, Sarah Sackman KC MP; Patricia Thom and Ben Kemp, Law Society of Scotland; representatives from the Canadian Bar Association; representatives from the Federation o | Roundtable hosted by the Law Society of England and Wales to learn about market access challenges for the UK legal sector in Canada |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Arif Virani, Torys LLP | Meeting to discuss the roles of law officers working within devolved and federal frameworks |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Walied Soliman KC, Global Chair and Canadian Chair of Norton Rose Fullbright LLP; Minister of State at the MoJ, Sarah Sackman KC MP; members of staff from Norton Rose Fullbright LLP | Working lunch hosted by Norton Rose Fullbright to discuss collaboration between the UK and Canadian legal sectors |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Justice Jonathan Bliss, Ontario Court of Justice; Justice Robert Goldstein, Ontario Superior Court of Justice; Justice Jane Kelly, Ontario Superior Court of Justice; Dimitra Tsagaris, Deputy Director, Office of the Regional Director of Crown Operations,To | Visit to the Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice to meet senior justices and staff, and gain insight into the challenges and opportunities in the Ontario justice system, including judge-alone trials |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-03 | Doug Downey, Attorney General of Ontario; Charmaine Williams, Ontarios Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity; Minister of State at the MoJ, Sarah Sackman KC MP | Meeting to discuss modernisation of the justice system in the UK and Ontario, including use of AI; judge alone trials; and, legal services. |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-04 | Jutta Brunnée, Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Toronto; Mariana Prado, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience & Professor, Jackman Law at the University of Toronto; Minister of State at the MoJ, Sarah Sack | Meeting to to explore opportunities for deeper UK–Canada collaboration in legal education, access to justice, and professional development |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-04 | Vincent Chiao, Associate Dean, Graduate Programmes, Law Faculty at the University of Toronto; Joshua Morrison, Director of the Future of Law Lab, Law Faculty at the University of Toronto; Nathalie Smuha, Assistant Professor, Law Faculty at the University | Meeting to discuss the future of law, focusing on innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship, and identifying avenues for potential joint initiatives. |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-12 | Barbara Mills, Chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales, Phil Robertson, Bar Council of England and Wales | Introductory meeting and discussion on diversity in the barrister profession |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-11-27 | Alison Reid, Chief Executive, Clan Childlaw; staff at Clan Childlaw | Visit to Clan Childlaw to learn about the work of the organisation |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-12-03 | Tom Baldwin, author and former political advisor; Polly Curtis, Demos; Ali Harris, Equally Ours; Sanchita Hosali, British Institute of Human Rights; Joe Ferreira, Law Society; Murray Hunt, Independent Adviser to the AGO; Prof. Francesca Klug, LSE; Helen M | Roundtable to discuss research on the Rule of Law |
| Catherine Smith | 2025-12-09 | Sarah Birgde, Navigator; Alex Bolt, Federation of Law Societies of Canada; Jonathan Herman, Federation of Law Societies of Canada; Leah Kosokowsky, Federation of Law Society of Manitoba | Meeting about the "Ours to Protect" campaign to promote the rule of law in Canada |