The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales 2025 - Sir Max Hill KC

Date: Thursday 30 October 2025  Time: 1700 - 2000 hours  Location: Institute of Criminology, Cambridge

We warmly invite Institute alumni to join us at the Institute for a public seminar with our new Sir Leon Radzinowicz Fellow, Sir Max Hill, followed by a buffet reception. 

• Please register here so we know you are coming. If you have any special dietary requirements, please email details to alumni@crim.cam.ac.uk by 23 October.

• If you are unable to attend in person, you can register here to join online, or watch the recording later via our YouTube channel.

As part of the Michaelmas Term 2025 Public Seminar Series, Sir Max will speak on The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales 2025.

Sir Max was a member of the Times Commission on Crime and Justice 2024-5. This permitted reflection across the Criminal Justice System, with recommendations for change and improvement. With the Gauke review of sentencing and Leveson on jury trials following since publication of the Times Commission, the time is ripe for reflections on how we came to be in the current crowded environment, stymied by backlogs and delay, and how we might get out of this cycle of decline. Sir Max will share his thoughts on the way forward, using his hand-on experience of criminal law and justice since he was called to the Bar in 1987.

Sir Max Hill KC was Director of Public Prosecutions for England & Wales 2018-23, and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service. He was previously UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, Leader of the South Eastern Circuit, Chair of the Kalisher Trust and Head of Red Lion Chambers. Since 2024 he is senior Counsel and Policy Advisor at King & Spalding International LLP, Associate Tenant at Red Lion Chambers, Chair of the Drive Forward Foundation and Patron of The Vavengers. He was knighted in 2024 for services to Law and Order.

To register to attend the Seminar and buffet reception in person please click here.

To register to attend online please click here.