The Quality Of Justice: A Comparative Glance At Two Worlds, Greece and the UKInfo Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionThis guest lecture will present CEPEJ’s work (with a focus on UK & Greece data for “Quality of Justice”) and it will also parallel these judicial systems. The School of Law at the University of Reading is pleased to host a guest lecture on 29 January 2026, from 16:00 to 18:00, in Room 108, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading. The lecture will be delivered by The Honourable Lady Justice Angeliki (known as Ghely) Makrygeorgou, a Judge in the Athens (Greece) Court of Appeal. Her talk, “The Quality of Justice: A Comparative Glance at Two Worlds, Greece and the UK, Under the Light of the CEPEJ Work”, will explore how justice systems can be assessed, strengthened, and better understood through international standards and cooperation. In particular, Lady Justice Makrygeorgou will discuss how Greece and the UK approach the quality of justice, how the Council of Europe’s CEPEJ (European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice) framework supports improvement across countries, and why these comparisons matter for courts, legal professionals, and the wider public.
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ContactMore InformationLady Justice Makrygeorgou entered the Judiciary in Greece in 2000 after successfully passing, on her first attempt, the national entrance exams for the judiciary – a numerus clausus system known for being highly competitive and extremely difficult to succeed in. She then completed two years of judicial training at the Greek National School of the Judiciary in Thessaloniki, Greece. Before joining the judiciary, she graduated from the Athens Law School at the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens in 1993. She was admitted to the Greek Bar in 1994 and became a barrister and member of the Athens Bar Association in 1995, practising until 1998. She subsequently completed her judicial training (1999 – 2000) and was appointed to the Athens First Instance Court in 2001. She was later promoted to President of the Athens First Instance Court in 2011 and then further promoted to a Judge at the Court of Appeal in 2018, where she has developed strong expertise in employment law, primarily judging and authoring decisions. Since September 2024, she has also served as an appeal judge in a special jurisdictional (sport) dispute-resolution court in Athens, hearing 2nd instance cases on penalties in football (soccer). Her decisions have contributed to shaping employment law practice and have served as reference points for legal professionals. Her career provides valuable insight into how judicial quality is developed in practice and how courts can support fairness, clarity, and public trust. This event offers students, researchers, arbitrators, judges, and members of the public the chance to hear from an experienced judge with deep knowledge of comparative justice systems and judicial performance. The event is free to attend, but registration is required. | |||||||||||||||
