 Along with Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, he served as the Co-Convener of the inaugural Qatar Law Forum of Global Leaders in Law, held in Doha, Qatar, from 29–31 May 2009.He retired as a High Court Judge on 1 December 2017 to take up a position as Professor of Financial Law and Ethics at Queen Mary, University of London.Since 2018, he has been sitting part-time as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong (where he is given a Chinese name "貝理賢" by the Hong Kong Judiciary).