On the 32nd death anniversary of Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius (1903 – 1991), a former Chief Justice of Pakistan and our former Senior Partner, Cornelius, Lane & Mufti (CLM) celebrated his life and legacy through holding the 6th Cornelius Memorial Lecture on December 22, 2023 at the Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore (which had remained Cornelius’ home till his death).

The Lecture titled “Sacred Objects and the Law: A Journey of Legal Discovery from Colonial India to Contemporary Pakistan” was delivered by Dr. Martin W. Lau, Professor of South Asian Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a former Dean of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

The Lecture was attended by a diverse audience including legal practitioners, academics, law students and members of the civil society. Other keynote speakers included former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice (Retd.) Jawwad S. Khawaja (who worked with Cornelius as a Partner at CLM; and was also appointed by Cornelius as the executor of his will) and Mr. Hamid Khan, Sr. ASC (who worked with Cornelius as a Partner at CLM).

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