1. Gordon Nardell, Q.C. is a Barrister and Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.), 39 Essex Street Chambers, London, U.K. formerly a U.K. Parliamentary Counsel and part of the drafting team that drafted the UK Human Rights Act 1998. He is currently appointed as a member of the Panel of Remote Legislative Drafters for the Falkland Islands Government since the year 2009.
2. Professor Abdul Paliwali, School of Law, University of Warwick, U.K. worked as a legislative draftsman in Northern Ireland, formerly Secretary Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission.
3. Dermot Woolgar, Barrister, Crown Officer Chambers, London, U.K.
4. Dr. Rafal Zakrzewski, Lecturer in Law, Fellow, St. Hugh's College, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Formerly Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO), Whitehall, London, United Kingdom.
5. Professor Deji Adekunle, Professor of Legislative Drafting, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies-NIALS, University of Lagos Campus. Currently Senior Special Adviser, AttorneyGeneral Chambers, Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, Nigeria.

Journal Production Editor

1. Dr. I.T. Stewart, London Southbank University, UK
2. Professor Christine Kaddous, Director of the Centre for European Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
3. Brenda King, Chief Legislative Counsel, Parliaments Buildings, Northern Ireland.
4. Dr. Mutaz Qafisheh LLB, LLM, PhD (Geneva) - Professor of International Law, Hebron University, Palestine (co-author of the Legislative Drafting Manual of Palestine-2000).
5. Dr. Mike Falke, Team Leader, Giz Legal Reforms
   Project, Serbia.
6. Dayantha L. Mendis, Legal and Legislative Drafting Expert, Commonwealth Secretariat, London currently assigned to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat. Formerly First Parliamentary Counsel, Sierrra Leone.
7. Professor Marek Zubik, Judge of Constitutional Tribunal of Poland, Head of Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw, Poland.
8. Professor Dr. Virgilijus Valančius, Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, Professor of the M. Romeris University.
9. Professor Michelle Kelly-Louw, BIuris, LLB, LLM, LLD (Unisa) & Dip Insolvency Law and Practice (UJ), Professor in the Department of Mercantile Law, School of Law, University of South Africa.
10. Her Excellency, Hon. Justice Julia Sebutinde, Hon. Judge, International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands (Chair, Advisory Board).
11. Professor Dr. Juliana Latifi, Director of Master School, Faculty of Law, Justicia University, Tirana, Albania.
12. Dr. Eid Al Hosban, Dean, Faculty of Law, Al Al Bayt University, Jordan is an expert in law reform and legislative drafting under Islamic law (Sharia).
13. Dr. Pierre Sob, Senior Legal Expert, United Nations-UN, OHCHR, Geneva, Switzerland.
14. Lorna Drummond QC, Murray Stables, Edinburgh, U.K. former Assistant Scottish Parliamentary Counsel.

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