Future Events

1. LUNCH WITH JONATHAN AITKEN - 07 October 2011

Jonathan Aitken is an author, broadcaster, columnist, lecturer and campaigner for prison reform. He is a former UK Cabinet Minister, Member of the UK Parliament, and ex-prisoner.
Before entering Parliament Jonathan was a war correspondent in Vietnam, Chairman of a London merchant bank and a director of several public companies including TV-am.
His political career included 23 years as a Member of the UK Parliament. He was Minister of State for Defence and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In 1974 he became a Conservative Member of Parliament spending eighteen years on the backbenches until being appointed Minister of State for Defence in 1992. He joined the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1994.
His political career ended when he told a lie on oath in a libel action. Subsequently he pleaded guilty to charges of perjury and served a seven-month prison sentence in 1999. After graduating with Distinction in theology after two years at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (2000-2002) he began a new career as a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster.
His wider activities include being a director of Prison Fellowship International, executive director of The Trinity Forum in Europe; and Honorary President of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. In 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice's policy study group on Prison Reform.
Mr Aitken will join us for lunch at Wesley House, 140 Ann St at 12:30 on 07 October 2011. Cost: $10.00 for light lunch and refreshments.
RSVP by 05 October 2011 to the Secretary, Christian Lawyers Society Inc, GPO Box 649, Brisbane, Qld 4000, email: phone 3837 3619, Facsimile: 3211 3686, email: christianlawyers@qldbar.asn.au