DR VENKAT IYER – Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Ulster, UK, and Law Commissioner,                                       Northern Ireland

Dr Iyer is a barrister and academic. He is attached to the School of Law of Ulster where he teaches constitutional law, media law, and business law. A former Nuffield Press Fellow at Cambridge University, Dr Iyer has lectured in a number of foreign institutions, including Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan, University of Melbourne, Australia, and University of Malaya, Malaysia, and acted as a consultant to a number of governments, private corporations, and non-governmental organisations. In 2003-2004, he was invited by the Royal Government of Bhutan to advise on, and draft, media laws for that kingdom. In 2007, he was appointed a consultant by the World Bank to review and design a programme on Continuing Legal Education for the Kenyan Bar. Dr Iyer runs training courses on media law and ethics for newspapers and media organizations around the world. He is the author of a number of books and articles, and the editor of The Commonwealth Lawyer and The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, both published from London.    Dr Iyer is a British national.