
Investigations: unprecedented challenges and opportunities in a shifting world
“Investigations: unprecedented challenges and opportunities in a shifting world”
The launch of RLConsulting.
TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 13.00 – 14.00
RLConsulting is a new initiative led by Dame Linda Dobbs. It is a small group of senior and respected individuals including former senior judges, police officers, high level academics, experts in both national and international justice and legal systems and advisors to governments, corporations and other organisations. Services include judicial and legal training, law and order sector reform, mediation and facilitation, conducting inquests and investigations/inquiries, needs assessments, policy design and implementation, diplomacy skills and public affairs/media guidance.
PANELLISTS
Baroness Heather Hallett DBE
Baroness Hallett was called to the Bar in 1972. In 1989 she was awarded silk. She was the first female Chairman of the Bar. In 1999, Baroness Hallett was appointed to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court.
She was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2005. In 2011 she was appointed Vice President of the Queen’s Bench Division and in 2013 she was elevated to the position of Vice President of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division until her retirement in 2019.
Christopher Stone OBE (Hon)

PANELLISTS
Sir Mark Rowley QPM
Sir Mark was a former Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and led UK Counter Terrorism Policing for four years whilst the ISIS, neo-nazi and other terror threats accelerated dramatically. He built
globally recognised leadership expertise in national security, policing, crisis management and transformation, whilst leading thousands of people in multi-hundred-million-pound organisation.
Tom Stocker

The Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE

Miscarriages of Justice Compensation and is presently conducting a review for Lloyds Banking Group.
FACILITATOR
Nina Tavakoli
Nina is a barrister at Red Lion Chambers. She has extensive experience in genocide and war crimes prosecutions having been instructed in cases before the ICC, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the UN
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Recently she has focused on the investigation and documentation of international crimes particularly sexual violence and torture and is a member of the UK FCO’s independent team of experts on preventing sexual violence in conflict (PSVI). She is currently a member of the core team of the Dobbs Review.
- Baroness Heather Hallett DBE
Sir Mark Rowley QPM
Christopher Stone OBE (Hon)
Tom Stocker
The Hon. Dame Linda Dobbs DBE - Facilitator
- Nina Tavakoli