‘Speaker:
David Foster, Queen Mary, University of London.
Organised with the London Legal History Seminar.’
Date: 20th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘There seems to be little doubt that the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta is an occasion to celebrate. Much less secure is the position of its much younger sibling in the list of what are often called “constitutional statutes”, the Human Rights Act 1998. It took the United Kingdom almost 50 years to adopt its own particular “Bill of Rights”, and after its tender fifteen years of operation it is still under attack.’
Date: 24th March 2015, 4.30-6.00pm
Location: Parliament Chamber Inner Temple
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Jerusalem prize winning author, Ian McEwan will read from his new book The Children’s Act for which he turns his pen to another British Institution, the High Court.’
Date: 30th April 2015, 5.30-9.00pm
Location: Gray’s Inn
Charge: These are exclusive events for JUSTICE members and their guests. Tickets cost £50 and all profits go to the Securing JUSTICE at 60 Appeal.
More information can be found here.
‘Political processes shape and mould many facets of our lives. It is well known, for example, that who provides and runs our buses, our trains, our healthcare systems and our domestic utilities is the outcome of political choices. But in what ways is the experience of crime shaped by political decision making? Using Margaret Thatcher’s (and John Major’s) periods in office as a case study, this talk explores the ways in which social and economic policies are associated with changes in crime rates and criminal justice responses, and, in so doing, charts the ways in which such processes unfold over a number of years, producing unanticipated consequences ‘down stream’. It is contended that the changes in social and economic policies initiated during the 1980s had dramatic impacts not just on crime during the 1980s and 1990s, but also on the approaches adopted to tackle crime. In turn, this begs the question as to whether or not the changes associated with that period made Britain a safer or a less safe place, and ought to cause us all to reflect a little more on the question ‘What is justice?’.’
Date: 14th May 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: UCL Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘We are privileged to host two distinguished members of the Australian and UK judiciary, offering us a unique perspective on the charged question as to whether labour law has kept pace with the constantly changing nature of work relations so as properly to regulate them.’
Date: 23rd April 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: UCL Central Campus, Wilkins Building (Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre)
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘This event brings together some of the leading contemporary figures in environmental law to explore the enforcement of environmental law at national, European and international level. It is being organised to mark Professor Richard Macrory 65th birthday and his contribution to the development of environmental law.’
Date: 30th March 2015 – 31st March 2015
Location: UCL Laws, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0EG
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘The Faculty of Law, BPP University invite you to a symposium on
‘What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us: Is it time to repeal the Human Rights Act?’.
Speakers:
Andrew Le Sueur is a professor at the School of Law, University of Essex. He is a member of the Jersey Law Commission, currently leading a project on reform of administrative justice in the island. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law and a formal president of the UK Constitutional Law Association.
Bill Bowring is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research interests include human rights, minority rights, and international law. His research is enriched by his practice as a barrister, taking many cases to the European Court of Human Rights against Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Russia and Turkey.
Merris Amos is a reader in Human Rights Law at the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London. Prior to this she was a Lecturer at the University of Essex and Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the UK Constitutional Law Association.
Roger Scruton is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Oxford. In addition, he is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and a contributing editor to The New Atlantis.’
Date: 27th March 2015, 5.00-7.00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, BPP University, Law School, Waterloo Branch, 137 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NN
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘The lecture addresses current controversy both in the recent case law and in scholarly writings about the proper test and rationale for rectification of contracts. It examines the relationship between rectification and contract formation and interpretation, the role of equity in its relationship to the common law, policy issues about objective conduct and subjective intention and belief in the law of contract, and the proper relationship between rectification for common mistake and for unilateral mistake.’
Date: 23rd April 2015, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Graduate Wing, 1 – 2 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘In this presentation I explain the main features of a moralized constitutional theory and I offer some arguments in its favour. In particular, I defend two characteristics of moralized constitutional theory, 1) its generality and 2) its doctrinal relevance. In a nutshell, moralized constitutional theory treats questions of constitutional law (such as questions about the scope of judicial review of primary legislation in this or that jurisdiction) as questions of political morality. Thus, it takes principles of political morality to be essential conditions of propositions of law. In connecting doctrinal law with moral principles, moralized constitutional theory purports to make claims that transcend specific legal systems.’
Date: 16th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Bentham House, UCL Laws, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘A Discussion Forum with Special Guest Speakers
Henry Grunwald OBE QC & Imam Ajmal Masroor
Chair: Peter J Kirby QC
Religious practices in the modern world: Food’
Date: 16th March 2015, 6.30-8.30pm
Location: Central London location
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘Judges are paradigmatic interpreters because they are under a duty to interpret for others. Such a duty stems from an epistemic gap between judges and their addressees. I wish to suggest that, in adjudication, such a gap is bridged by an act of explanation. Judges interpret when they explain legal meaning.’
Date: 25th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Bentham House, UCL Laws, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘Professor Horder will use an examination of the concept of dishonesty in criminal law as a way of considering a broader issue. This issue is the role of the criminal law in creating and maintaining the ‘bureaucratic’ state.’
Date: 19th March 2015, 6.00-7.00pm
Location: UCL Laws, Bentham House, WC1H 0EG
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘This one-day conference, made possible as a result of a kind donation from Hogan Lovells, will explore the implications of C-131/12 Google Spain; Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja González (2014), the Court of Justice of the European Union’s long awaited “right to be forgotten” case. Although directly focused on search engines, this key judgment has wider implications. Sessions will, therefore, explore not only the future of search engines’ data protection obligations but also the general shape of EU regulation of the internet, questions related to jurisdiction and applicable law and the historic pathway to the Google Spain judgment. Confirmed speakers/panellists include Professor Artemi Rallo Lombarte (former Director of the Spanish Data Protection Authority), William Malcolm (Senior Privacy Counsel at Google) and David Smith (UK Deputy Information Commissioner).’
Date: 27th March 2015
Location: University of Cambridge
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
‘What if everything you knew about Macbeth was challenged?
Could a line-up of top QCs change his fate?
Following the 2011 sell-out Trial of Romeo, Shakespeare Schools Festival return to the courtroom putting a killer cast of actors – including Christopher Eccleston, Haydn Gwynne and David Oakes – in the box to be questioned by the stars of the bar – John Kelsey-Fry QC, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, Dinah Rose QC, and Ian Winter QC.
Jeremy Paxman chairs the jury and High Court judge Sir Michael Burton keeps order during this unforgettable fundraising event.’
Date: 8th March 2015, 7.00pm
Location: Noel Coward Theatre
Charge: see website for details
More information can be found here.
‘Foundation of democracy or rallying cry for modern rights? One of the world’s most famous documents, Magna Carta has inspired some of today’s fundamental liberties. Yet it started as a practical solution to a political crisis 800 years ago.
Since 1215, Magna Carta has evolved from a political agreement to an international symbol of freedom. Uncover the story of how its power has been used – and abused – from its genesis through to today’s popular culture, in the largest exhibition ever staged about this world-famous document.
Explore centuries of dramatic history, from King John, medieval battles, revolution, wars, empire and the struggle for the right to vote, right up to today’s satirical commentaries Together, for this once-in-a-lifetime moment, are the iconic documents and artefacts that tell the story of Magna Carta: stunning manuscripts, paintings, statues, royal relics and two of the four original 1215 Magna Carta documents, Jefferson’s handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence and one of the original copies of the US Bill of Rights, both on display in the UK for the first time, together with stunning manuscripts, paintings, statues and royal relics.
Discover the history, and challenge the myth, of one of the world’s most famous documents.’
Date: 13th March – 1st September 2015
Location: PACCAR Gallery, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Charge: see website for details
More information can be found here.
‘“Are we … prepared to contemplate the gradual emergence of a court [the ECHR] with the equivalent jurisdiction throughout Europe of that enjoyed by the Supreme Court in the United States of America?”
(Lord Judge, ‘Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business’, 4th December 2013)
In the May 2015 General Election, the way forward for Human Rights is a key differentiator between the major parties’ manifestos. Most notably, the Conservative Party wish to scrap the Human Rights Act 1998 and leave the European Convention on Human Rights, in favour of a ‘homegrown’ Bill of Rights.
What should the future be for the European Court of Human Rights? Do we want a powerful European Court with power equivalent to that enjoyed by the US Supreme Court?
Our panellists come together to discuss this burning issue.
The panel for the evening includes:
• Adam Wagner (1 Crown Office Row, UK Human Rights Blog);
• Angela Patrick (Director of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE);
• Kirsty Brimelow QC (Doughty Street Chambers); and
• Jon Holbrook (Barrister & Writer for Spiked).
Date: 4th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Atkin Building Lecture Theatre, City Law School – Gray’s Inn.
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘The 2012 convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence again brought into sharp focus the problematic interaction between racial discrimination and criminal justice. However, this is not just a British problem. Join a panel of leading voices from politics, academia and legal practice to as they explore issues at the nexus of race, EU law and policing.’
Date: 9th July 2015, 6-7.30pm
Location: The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Charge: Free
More information can be found here.
‘Convenors: Dr Iyiola Solanke, University of Leeds, and Mr Patrick Maddams, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
It is now 50 years since the introduction of the first Race Relations Act in 1965. Race relations in Britain have come a very long way since cases like the Scala Ballroom and the Smethwick by-election of 1964. There is much room for celebration – Britain is arguably the EU member state to have made the greatest strides towards racial equality in many professions – from the police to politics. Yet there is also plenty upon which to reflect: the last 50 years have included the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. Police are 28 times more likely to stop and search black men: yet less than 3% of stops lead to an arrest. Employment agencies no longer accept ‘discriminatory vacancies’ but unemployment levels for Black Britons are much higher than their white peers – in 2011, 39.1% of black women aged 16-24 were unemployed. 2015 offers a unique moment to reflect upon legal action to prevent and remedy racial discrimination, as well as think forward and consider what may need to be done to continue this work successfully until 2065.
Speakers include:
Mr Paul Abbey, First Aliance Finland
Professor Diamond Ashiagbor, School of Oriental and African Studies
Dr Ama Biney, Fahamu
Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC, Bindmans LLP
Ms Althea Brown, Doughty Chambers
Ms Rita Chadha RAMFEL
Dr Colm O’Cinneide, University College London
Mr Joseph Harker, The Guardian
Mr Stephen Keevash, Employment Tribunal, Leeds
Professor Charles Lawrence, University of Hawaii
Professor Mari Matsuda, University of Hawai’i
Professor Aileen McColgan, Kings College London
Ms Karon Monaghan QC, Matrix Chambers
Mr Claude Moraes MEP, European Parliament
Dr Suryia Nayak, University of Salford
Professor Kumea Shorter-Gooden, University of Maryland
Dr Shirley Tate, University of Leeds
Ms Louise Whitfield, Deighton Pierce Glynn LLP’
Date: 9th & 10th July 2015, 9.30am – 5.00pm
Location: The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Charge: For this two-day conference, a registration fee of £50 is payable in advance at the time of booking. There is a reduced fee of £20 for the unwaged/retired and for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
More information can be found here.
‘We are delighted that Sir Geoffrey Palmer KCMG AC QC has agreed to deliver the 2015 Scarman Lecture on 24 March.
2015 is the Law Commission’s 50th anniversary. Sir Geoffrey’s lecture – The Law Reform Enterprise: Evaluating the Past and Charting the Future – will be a timely opportunity to look back at past achievements, as well as considering what might lie ahead.’
Date: 24th March 2015, 6.00-8.00pm
Location: Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4Y 9AT
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
‘The theme for the 2015 Lecture Series is “Inner Templars who have Helped Change the World.”
Gandhi: Constitutionalism and the Legacy of Non Viotent Direct Action in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Boateng.’
Date: 16th February 2015
Location: The Inner Temple
Charge: See website for details
More information can be found here.
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