‘The place of regulatory decisions in private nuisance is of enormous practical significance, for litigators, planners, businesses and communities. It also highlights broader, persistent questions about the relative roles of courts and administrative bodies in the generation and enforcement of appropriate social (including environmental) standards, and in the distribution of risks, opportunities, costs and benefits. Recent judicial exploration of the relationship between private nuisance and planning controls has provided an instructive context for these questions, and the Supreme Court decision in Coventry v Lawrence [2014] UKSC 13 is a central moment in the evolution of the relationship between the regulatory state and the common law courts. There remains, however, much to discuss.’

Date: 15th September 2014, 3.30-6.30pm

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

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

‘What are the implications of widespread use of arbitration for the continued development of shipping law? Are national laws on shipping destined to become ossified and obsolete? Has a new lex maritima come into being? And would it be beneficial to introduce a system of ‘soft precedent’ in maritime arbitration to bring emerging rules to light?’

Date: 8th July 2014, 9.00-6.00pm

Location: The Baltic Exchange, 38 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BH

Charge: See website for details

More information can be found here.

‘UCL Centre for Criminal Law
in collaboration with Thomas Bingham Chambers

Part I
Decisions to prosecute and challenges to them by way of judicial review and applications to stay for abuse of process
by

Professor Ian Dennis
(Director, UCL Centre for Criminal Law, and
Door Tenant at Thomas Bingham Chambers)

Part II
Challenges to decisions not to prosecute, with consideration of possible human rights arguments
by
Dr Jonathan Rogers
(UCL Laws)’

Date: 31st July 2014, 5.30-9.00pm

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws – Graduate Wing, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.

‘Expert speakers will explore some of the key practical and regulatory issues involved in deciding whether to move to the cloud and, if so, how to ensure that you are secure and compliant.

The following topics with be covered at this event:

Law Society’s recent practice note on cloud computing
Key commercial and legal issues to consider when entering into a cloud contract
How to ensure that your cloud services are secure
Keeping clients’ data confidential and the data protection implications of processing personal data on remote servers
Implications for cloud-based legal services of mass surveillance and the Snowden revelations.’

CPD hours 2.5

Date: 3rd July 2014, 1.30-5.00pm

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

Charge: see website for details

More information can be found here.