Category: Forthcoming events

“Isobel Williams is an artist. She regularly attends sittings of the UK Supreme Court and has been granted permission to make images in the courtroom. Her drawings of the court offer a unique perspective on the work of the highest court of the land and the characters that struggle for and deliver justice in that institution. Isobel will provide an introduction to her work.”

Date: 18th October 2013, 6.00-7.30pm

Location: Room 541, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HZ (entry via Torrington Square)

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Organised by the Statute Law Society (www.statutelawsociety.org) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.”

Date: 14th October 2013, 6.00-7.00pm

Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DR

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Want to learn more about how to Moot and know about how life was like as a trainee barrister? We are delighted to have the company of Alastair Hodge, Barrister-at-Law from 5 Essex Court, who will prove that Barristers can have fun too!”

Date: Tuesday 22nd October 2013, 17.00-19.00pm

Location: The Pavilion, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W

Charge: Free, see website for details

More information can be found here.

“One of the most senior High Court judges assigned to the Family Division, Peter Jackson will answer your questions sent via Twitter to @LSELaw using #LSEJackson.”

Date: Thursday 12 December 2013, 6.30-8.00pm

Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Is the Niqab (face veil) a human right, a security concern or a symbol of oppression? Given the most recent events, this debate will shed some light on this controversial topic.”

Date: Tuesday 15 October 2013 , 6.30-8.00pm

Location: CLM4.02, Clement House

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Soon, anyone undertaking criminal advocacy will have to be registered under the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA).

The Scheme will systematically assess and assure the quality of criminal advocacy in the courts in England and Wales. It will ensure that the performance of all advocates is measured against the same set of standards, regardless of an advocate’s previous education and training. It will apply to all advocates, whether they are self-employed or employed, and whether they are acting for the prosecution or defence.

This live Q&A session will provide you with an opportunity to put your questions to a panel of QASA experts.”

Date: 1st October 2013, 6.00pm

Location: Online event

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“With Special Guest Speaker: Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC.

All are welcome and you don’t have to be a lawyer!”

Date: 7th October 2013, 6.00-8.00pm

Location: Central London

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

“The lecture will be delivered by Lord Justice Floyd on the topic ‘What has IP done for the law?'”

Date: 14th November 2013, 6.00-9.00pm

Location: Central London

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“The Bentham Project in the Faculty of Laws at UCL is delighted to announce details of our December 2013 symposium: New Directions in Bentham Studies.

The symposium’s aim is to facilitate discussion of new work in the inter-disciplinary field of Bentham Studies. Presentations will explore both recent developments in, and potential future avenues for, research into the works and thought of English philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham.”

Date: 13th December 2013, 9.30-6.30pm

Location: Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, Endsleigh Gardens, London

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Prisons are populated by offenders with various forms of mental disorder. How does the law justify this, does their presence undermine the legitimate purposes of imprisonment, and should anything be done?”

Date: 16th October 2013, 6.30-8.00pm

Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“The English and Scottish Law Commissions have for the past three or four years been struggling with the question of whether the common law as it applies to insurance policy terms remains appropriate in modern times and, if not, how to tackle perceived unfairness. This lecture will analyse the issues and ask whether there are any lessons to be learned from reforms adopted in other common law jurisdictions and from the approach taken by the civil law.”

Date: 14th November 2013, 6.00pm

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Hosted jointly by UCL Laws IBIL and Taylor Wessing LLP and chaired by The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob (the Sir Hugh Laddie Chair of Intellectual Property at UCL Laws), this 2 day conference combines commentary from key industry and legal experts from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the US on:

– Injunctions and jurisdictions
– Standards, FRAND and its use in Europe
– Patent portfolios
– Unified Patents Court
– Dispute resolution on licensing terms
– Competition considerations

Through a combination of panel discussions, presentations and keynote addresses, the aim of this flagship event is to inform and update on the very latest developments with the benefit of the views and insights of leading authorities including from the industry, the judiciary and private practice in this complex and very topical field.”

Date: 5th-6th November 2013

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

“With Phase 2 of the Legal Education and Training review upon us, we bring together leading innovators in legal services with two leading legal educators to discuss how the changing nature of legal services impacts on legal education.”

Date: 29th October 2013, 6.00-7.30pm

Location: UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building, Malet Place, London WC1E 7JG

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“The Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary, University of London is pleased to announce the details of the second year of our annual seminar series ‘New Voices in Commercial Law’. The aim of this series is to provide a forum for debate and an opportunity for early career academics with outstanding potential to talk about their research in an intellectually stimulating, supportive and non-judgemental environment. The series offers an opportunity for networking with a view to future research collaborations and a vehicle for young academics to communicate their research and make an impact on the wider community.”

Date: 7th November 2013, 4.40-7.15pm

Location: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary, University of London, 67-69 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

Charge: Attendance is free of charge for CCLS and other students and academic staff, invited chairs/commentators and guests. A fee will apply to those who wish to attend for CPD purposes.

More information can be found here.

“Rape is a heinous crime but does it demand special treatment? Do rule of law and fairness pay a price? Helen Reece leads a debate on whether rape is, in some sense, different.”

Date: 30th October 2013, 6.30-8.00pm

Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“The UK has no constitution written down in one document. Instead it has laws, conventions, practices, activities scattered all over the place that constitutional lawyers gather together and describe as the UK constitution. In a unique project, LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and Department of Law are coming together with the LSE Public Policy Group and LSE Democratic Audit to pioneer the crowdsourcing of a new UK constitution to ask members of the public to participate in, advise on and eventually to draft a new UK constitution. Join an expert panel to have your say on what should be included and to create this important new document.”

Date: 8th October 2013, 6.30-8.00pm

Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“This is a must attend event for solicitors who are involved in human rights cases and and issues that have a human rights focus.

Why attend?

The event looks at the current challenges to and protection of human rights in an increasingly globalised society. The conference comprises a mixture of keynote addresses, breakout sessions as well as informal opportunities to exchange ideas and build relationships.

Areas examined includes:

• Is a high quality defence a human right?
• What is the lawyers role in raising issues in the corporate world?
• Trafficking and children’s rights
• Disability, children, women and HR issues

Who should attend?

• Human rights solicitors
• Human rights supporters and activists
• Academics
• Policy makers
• Law students with an interest in human rights or discrimination law.”

Date: 30th October 2013, 9.00-5.00pm

Location: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

“In April 2013, the Ministry of Justice presented its proposals for price competitive tendering (PCT) for criminal defence work. In June, the Law Society proposed its alternative approach, which would require that PCT is shelved. Shortly afterwards, the Ministry of Justice announced that it would be revising its approach to allow clients to choose their own solicitor, and that there would be a further consultation in September 2013.”

CPD hours 2.0

Date: 21st October 2013, 8.30-11.00am

Location: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

“Why attend?

– Hear from litigators on the ground how the funding reforms have affected their legal businesses
– Find out what strategies firms are developing to make use of CFAs/DBAs in the new funding landscape
– Discover what clients’ attitudes have been to the new options available
– Learn how to maximise your client’s ability to bring litigation through the use of third-party funding and insurance
– Find out how costs budgeting works and what your firm needs to do to comply with the rules and turn them to the firm’s advantage

Who should attend?

– Commercial litigators
– Barristers practising in commercial litigation
– Professionals involved in law firm management
– Finance and costs professionals”

CPD Course

Date: 15th October 2013, 1.15-5.30pm

Location: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

“Lord Phillips will discuss a practice recently introduced into English procedure in relation to ‘closed material’. This is a controversial practice under which one party, usually the State, puts before the Court evidence of a sensitive nature that is concealed from both the public, and the other party. Initially Parliament introduced this practice in a number of areas of public law where sensitive evidence is likely to be important. For example, closed material can be placed before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), which handles appeals in immigration or deportation cases where evidence is involved whose disclosure would often involve a threat to national security.”

Date: 30th September 2013, 6.30-8.30pm

Location: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.