Omar Abdelaziz

Tel: (202) 22582188(EGY) Mob: +44 07733317297 (UK) Mob: +2 01128807700 (EGY) Email: [email protected]; Nationality: Egyptian.

Education and Qualifications:

2017 : Submitted PhD in law to IALS – SAS – University of London.

2016 (June): Advanced Course on EU law – King’s College London (KCL)

2016 (April): forthcoming Short Course: International Law in Practice - British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

2012-2016: Mphil - PhD in law (Building a Case for Punitive Damages in Contract Law – Doctrinal Critical Analysis)

2010-2011: LL.M in advanced Legislative Studies (EU direction), School of Advanced Study, University of London. Themes in Legislative Studies: Distinction. Theories of European Integration: Academic Merit. European Legislative Studies: Academic Merit. European Union Membership and Accession: Academic Merit Dissertation: Merit – Ranked first (Legislative Drafting Aspects on the Law of Damages in the new Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) – Europeanisation of Contract Law feasibility)

2009 (May): Faculty of law, Cairo university, Egypt. Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Title: Islamic law Diploma. Test date: May 2009. Written Exams: Very Good

Oral Exam: Very Good Grade: Very Good (1st class honours) Ranking: First

2008 (May): Faculty of law, Cairo University, Egypt Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Title: private law Diploma. Test date: May 2008 Written Exams: Very Good Oral Exams: Very Good Grade: Very Good (1st class honors). Ranking: Second over 150 student

The Two PG diplomas qualify as a Master degree (LLM) with an average overall grade: Very good with distinction, ranked 1st on my class.

2003-2007: Faculty of law, English section, Cairo University, Egypt. Bachelor of law (License en Droit) Grade: Excellent with Honor degree (graduated as top student).

2001-2003: High School - Certificate of Secondary Education (scientific section) with 97.6% A-Level Major Subjects: English, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology.

1992-2001: El Nokrashy Experimental Languages School, Cairo, Egypt. Ranked First

1998 : Qur’an Rehearsal and Memorization – elementary school

Work experience:

a) Associate Editor on Contract, Tort and EU law

IALS Student Law Review- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies- School of Advanced Study- University of London

From: 2013- till present

b) Academic & Teaching Experience:

Faculty of law, Cairo University, Egypt and the American Bar Association Program - Rule of Law Initiative in Egypt.

April. 2008- October 2009: Fellow in the Department of Civil law.

October 2009 - till present: Assistant lecturer in the Department of Civil law

c) Professional Experience:

Shalakay law office, Cairo, Egypt (exclusive member of Lex-Mundi in Egypt)

Since June 2008: Legal adviser and Contract Lawyer involved in the followings:

• Conducting research and legal analysis on various topics e.g.: Variation order (comparative study in English, French and Egyptian law), arbitration in transfer of technology contracts, theories of financial equilibrium in Egyptian law, forum non convenience and anti-suit injunction in the English law and it’s counter part in the egyptian law, free shares in the companies law, restriction on ownerships in the new Egyptian urban countries, Fraud and gross negligence, Role of Third Parties in the un authorized contracts, distribution and franchising agreements, The Dilemma of Subsidiarity Principle in the Process of EU Integration, Reaffirming Principles of EU: Before and After the Lisbon Treaty and Extension of Arbitration Agreement to Third Parties and Non-contractual Obligations: The Drafting Style.

• Drafting legal opinions on various topics on various topics e.g. companies incorporation and establishment, conflict of laws and jurisdictions, labor law, Agency and distribution, contracts, copy right law, companies and investment law.

• Conducting Due Diligence and legal auditing for a number of companies.

Zulficar & Partners Law Firm: Currently on leave for doing my PhD

Since June 2009: Legal Adviser and Contract Lawyer specialized:

• Corporate matters, Capital Market investments, Merger and Acquisition. • Member of the Intellectual Property and International Arbitration Group. • Drafting labor contracts, and sale purchase agreement. • Member of the group conducting the first Public Private Partnership agreement in Egypt (PPP). • Reviewing franchise and distributorship agreements.

• Advising client on civil law issues, contract formation, validity, execution, termination and remedies, tortuous strict liability and property law and professional liability.

IALS – University of London: Legislative Drafting Clinic – EU and Arabic Legislation – 2013 to present

UN Urban Habitat and Development – Project on Urban Development Legislations in Egypt – 2014.

Achievements and Conferences:

Prizes and Scholarships:

• Scholarship from the European Commission to students from developing countries to study for the postgraduate Studies in the IALS, SAS, University of London. • Bursary from Cairo University to study for two postgraduate diplomas qualifying for Egyptian Master degree in Law. • Sponsorship from Zulficar & Partners Law Firm. • Partial Bursary from the Arab-British Chamber Charitable Foundation. • Holder of over 35 prizes for academic achievements in various subjects during the undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of law, Cairo University, and IALS – London (UK). • Honored by the Cairo University as the top law graduate student of 2007, and top postgraduate Law Student in 2009. • Ranked first in postgraduate diploma in Islamic law and second in postgraduate diploma in Private Law. • Honored 1st class Merit on Legislative Drafting (EU Direction) in 2011.

Conferences:

• On line dispute resolution held in the Cairo regional center for international commercial arbitration (ODR) - 2008 • Transplanting and Transferring body organs Conference held in the faculty of Law, Cairo University for discussing the presumed law project, "legal, medical and Islamic perspectives", to be promulgated by the Egyptian people assembly - 2009

Teaching Experience:

• Law of Obligations including Civil Law, Contract Law and Tort Law for undergraduates of the Faculty of Law- Cairo University (Arabic and English Section). • Property Law and Professional Liability for postgraduate students. • Research Methodology, Basics in Legal Research, and Comparative Law between Egyptian Civil Code, Islamic Law (Shariaa) and English legal systems, organizing seminar classes and face to face meetings and tutor discussion circles for both undergraduates and postgraduates students. • Advanced Legislative Drafting Techniques for postgraduates. • Arbitration law classes "arbitration clause and its extension to third parties theories in contractual and tortuous cases – online dispute resolutions" to students of the American Bar Association in Cairo Regional Centre of International Commercial Arbitration. • Anglo- American Law for undergraduate first degrees courses. • Supervision and marking exams papers and Giving Feedback to students on their exam and research papers. • Willing to teach European Union Law (EU law) after the completion of my Masters in Law from the IALS, University of London. • Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) at the American Bar Association – Zamalek, Cairo branch. • Elementary Courses on Arbitration at the Cairo Regional Centre of International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

Publications & papers:

1. ‘Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards annulled at the seat of Arbitration’ research paper with Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salah Abdel-Wahab, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm, 2009 – Cairo, Egypt, 2. ‘Apparent Agency: English and Egyptian Laws compared’ Poster Presentation – Sept 2010 – IALS, SAS, London. 3. ‘Common European Sales Law- First Step on Substantive Europeanization of Contract Law’ Conference Paper – King’s College Annual International Graduate Legal Research Conference (IGLRC) - April 2012. 4. ‘Challenges of Europeanisation and the Risks to English Contract Law’, Conference Paper presented to Soapbox Session – Postgraduate Law Conference - Queen Mary, University of London – May 2012.

5. ‘Transnational Legislative Drafting - Transposition of Sunset Clauses’ Paper presented to the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) Comparative Law workshop – Kent Law School, June 2012. 6. ‘Europeanization of Contract Law and its Effect on Third Parties: Egypt Case’ Article based on LL.M thesis - University of London Online Depository for LL.M Thesis, 2012. 7. ‘The Impact of Europeanization of Contract Law on the English Contract Law’ European Journal of Law Reform, 2013, Issue 2-3. 8. ‘Legislative Drafting as a Tool for Combating Political Corruption and Enhancing Constitutional Democracy’ Commonwealth Law Bulletin, forthcoming 2016. 9. ‘The Criteria of Detecting a Penalty Clause after the UK Supreme Court Joint-Decision in Cavendish and Parkingeye [2015] UKSC 67’ Case Comment - IALS Student Law Review – Forthcoming 2016. 10. ‘The correct approach to the contractual interpretation of a break clause in a lease after Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd & Anor [2015] UKSC 72’ – Case Comment – European Journal of Legal Studies- Forthcoming 2016. 11. ‘Equitable rights of the lenders: resorting to equity to overcome deficiencies in creating legal right on property- Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd v Menelaou [2015] UKSC 66’ case comment – Amicus Curiae Journal – forthcoming 2016.

Referees:

1. Prof. Mohamed Salah Abdel Wahab, Faculty of Law – Cairo University, Founding Partner at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm – Cairo Egypt, email: [email protected] 2. Prof. Helen Xanthaki, IALS, SAS, University of London, email: [email protected]; Director, University of London International Postgraduate Laws Programme (LLM), UCL Faculty of Laws, email: [email protected] 3. Dr. Constantin Stefanou, IALS, SAS, University of London, Director of Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies, email: [email protected]

Relevant Skills and Training:

It skills; • Good user of computers, efficient in using window XP, Microsoft office. • ICDL courses.

Languages:

• Arabic: Mother Tongue. • English: Efficient proficiency. • French: working proficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Student Representative of the LL.M in Advanced Legislative Studies, University of London (EU Direction). • Representative of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies before the Quality Assurance Audit Team for the University of London. • Member of the University of London Students Union • Member of the Supervisor Committee of the Students’ Union of the Faculty of Law, Cairo University. • Member of the English Section Administrative Department of the Faculty of Law, Cairo University. • Member of the Exams Supervisory Committee and Control Trust in the Faculty of law, Cairo University.

Interests:

Sports & hobbies

• Currently a member of Zamalek football club – Egypt. • Member of the University of London Union. • Member of the legal committee of the teaching stuff professors of Cairo University club. • Good reader of novels, newspapers and science fiction books. • Playing Gem, football, Tennis and swimming. • Active member of Puregym – Holloway Rd – London • Tennis player at Paddington Tennis club- London

Conferences, Seminars and Skills Workshops (in Egypt):

• Attending a course on "Stoppage of persons in light of criminal law" in Crime Resistance and Criminals Treatment Researches and Studies Center during 18-22 February 2007 • Attending a training course on "legal drafting of contracts in English" in Legal Studies and Researches and Professional Legal Training Center during 17-21 February 2007 • Financial papers and stock markets (in Arabic)

• Attending "The First International ODR Course" on 20, 21 March 2006 in Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration. • Attending a training course on "Arbitration" in Legal Studies and Researches and Professional Legal Training Center during 18-22 February 2006 • Attending a training course on "Arbitration in international construction Contracts" in Legal Studies, Researches and Professional Legal Training Center during 2-6 April 2005. • Obtaining 6 academic courses in effective teaching methodologies and research ethics, from the center of developing the academic stuff skills of Cairo University. • Lecturer for both the Arabic and English Class for the American Bar Association –Rule of Law Initiative held in Cairo on May 5th, 10th, 11th of 2010.

Conferences, Seminars and Skills Workshops (in UK):

In 2013

1. Presentation on Digital Media Contracts – PhD Masterclass - IALS (Feb 2013) 2. Presentation on the Banking Cheque – practical differences between Egyptian and English versions - Z&P Law Firm (March 2013) 3. Common European Sales Law Meets Reality – A European Debate on the Commission’s Proposal (Halle, Germany 14-15 June 2013) – online 4. Conference: Is Intellectual Property a Lex Specialis? Oxford Law Faculty, 23-26 June 2013 5. UCL CLP: The Implied Term of Honesty and Fair Dealing by Professor Hugh Collins, Vinerean Professor of English Law, Oxford University Chaired by The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE (UCL 10 October 2013) 6. Seminar: The Commission Recommendation on Collective Redress (BIICL, 14 October 2013) 7. Seminar speech: ‘Government efficiency, Transparency and Accountability: Making the law easier for users – Reforming the Constitutional and political System’: the role of statutes: Bentham’s passion for codification, replacing common law, exercises in codification, good law should be accessible, common law fused with statute law, government’s role, brining law by citizens, delivered by Richard Heaton organised by Cabinet Office and Office of Parliamentary Counsel (IALS, 14 October 2013) 8. The Role of Academics in Legal Education and Training: a chance to consider the future of legal education and training in the light of the LETR Report, Keynote

Speaker: Professor William Twining, Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, UCL on “The Role of Academics in Legal Education and Training”. Participants include: Professor Chris Ashford, Executive Committee Member, SLSA; Professor Stephen Bailey, President, Society of Legal Scholars; Professor Anthony Bradney, SLS Legal Education Committee member; Professor Jane Ching, member of the LETR Research Team; Professor Rebecca Huxley Binns, Chair, Association of Law Teachers; Professor Andrew Sanders, Chair Committee of Heads of university Law School; Chair: Professor Fiona Cownie, SLS Legal Education Committee Chair (IALS, London 30 October 2013) 9. Seminar: Career Options Beyond Academia by Dr. T Bussoli (QM Careers, Learning Institute, Queen Mary University of London 31 October 2013) 10. Early-modern common law scholarship: speech, manuscript, print by Dr Ian Williams, University College London. Chair: Professor Michael Lobban, London School of Economics (IALS, London 01 November 2013) 11. Electronic Evidence in Fraud Cases by Christopher Docksey, Director of the Office of the European Data Protection Supervisor; Dr Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Head, Institute of Computer and Communications Law; Stephen Mason, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies; Chair: Dr Simone White, Legal officer on OLAF, European Commission’s Anti- Fraud Office, Associate Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS, London 05 November 2013) 12. Seminar: Is Privacy a Competition and Consumer Issue? (BIICL, 11 November 2013) 13. Symposium: Allan Beever on Tort Law and Political Philosophy, Newcastle Law School, 12 November 2013. 14. The Influence of Common Law and Civil Law Tradition on the Works of the International Court of Justice (BIICL, 14 November 2013) 15. Socio-Legal and Theoretical Perspectives on International Economic Law A two- day Symposium Thursday (UCL 14 - Friday 15 November 2013). 16. Statute Law and Alternative Solutions: Codification, Restatement, Common Law organised by the Statute Law Society Annual Conference: Statute Law and Alternative Solutions: Codification, Restatement, Common Law. The speakers: Prof Andrew Burrows QC: Restatements and Judicial Law Reform; Prof Ian Dennis: Is there still a case for codifying the law and, if there is, what might a modern Evidence Code look like?; Dr Deirdre Ahern: Codification of Company Law; Prof Hugh Beale QC: The European Contract Law Project: the drafting challenges; Prof Robert Hazell: The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and its consequences. Chairs: Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls and President of the Statute Law Society; Lord Justice Lloyd Jones, Chairman of the Law Commission (House of Parliament , London 15 November 2013) 17. A Conversation with Judge Joan E. Donoghue (Transnational Law Lecture Series, KCL, Dickson Poon School of Law 16 November 2013)

18. Seen to be Done? Transparency and Opacity in Courts: Developments and Issues’ by James Michael, Senior Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Chair: The Rt Hon Lord Carnwath, Justice of The Supreme Court (IALS, London 25 November 2013) 19. International Law Association (British Branch) Lecture: Investment Treaty Arbitration and the World Trade Organization: What Role for Systemic Values in the Resolution of International Economic Disputes by Professor Dan Sarooshi, University of Oxford (UCL 25 November 2013) 20. The Common Law and Europe (Hamlyn Lecture) by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws, Lord Justice of Appeal (IALS, London 27 November 2013) 21. "Respect for law and sausages": how Parliament made section 31 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 on the sale of employment rights by Lord Pannick QC (IALS, London 28 November 2013) 22. Seminar: Reading Strategically and Analytically by Dr. J Cordy (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development 28 November 2013) 23. Right and Rough Music: Popular Justice Ritual in England and Wales, 1750-1950 Dr Steve Banks, University of Reading. Chair: Professor Catharine MacMillan, University of Reading (IALS, London 29 November 2013) 24. The Impact of the English Common Law on Caribbean Society by The Honourable Mme. Justice Désirée Bernard, CCh, or, Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, IALS Inns of Court Fellow (IALS, 2 December 2014) 25. Edinburgh Postgraduate Conference (Edinburgh, 3 December 2013)

In 2014:

1. UCL Private Law Series: The Year in Review - Unjust Enrichment / Land Law and Trusts by Professor Charles Mitchell and Professor Ben McFarlane (UCL) (UCL 4 Dec/ 11 Dec 2014) 2. UCL Current Legal Problems: Property's People by Professor Lorna Fox O'Mahony University of Essex Chaired by Lord Wilson of Culworth, UK Supreme Court (UCL 5 December 2013) 3. The BAILII Lecture 2013: Decision Making in the UK’s Top Court by Prof. Alan Paterson OBE (IALS, London 9 December 2013) 4. PhD Masterclass Wednesday 11th December 2013 10.00 am IALS Room L104 IALS with Professor Avrom Sherr (Originality in dissertations, Securing employment in academia). 5. Workshop 1: The Viva: Mini- vivia and Final-viva, by Dr. J Cordy (The Learning Institute, Centre of Academic and Professional Development, University of London 12 December 2013) 6. Workshop 2: Enhancing Presentations with Technology by Ms G Ritchie (Learning Institute, Centre of Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 12 December 2013)

7. Workshop: Using the Web to Increase Impact by Mr. B Lucas (Learning Institute, Centre of Academic and Professional Development, Queen MARY University of London 17 December 2013) 8. Seminar: Networking for Researches, developing professional skills and reputation (Cairo University 23 December 2013) 9. Workshop: Comparative Methodology (Cairo University 24 December 2013) 10. Conference: Damages in Islamic Jurisprudential School of Thoughts: Hanafi, Malki, Shafi and Hanbali (25-26 December 2013) 11. Workshop: Negotiation Skills and influencing others (Cairo University 5 January 2014) 12. Workshop: Writing your Thesis and Publication (Cairo University 9 January 2014) 13. Seminar: Online skills and Effective Research (Cairo University 13 January 2014) 14. Seminar: ‘A Bite of Theory Seminar’: The Methodology of Private Law Theory, by Dr Nick Sage, Dr Charlie Webb and Dr Sandy Steel (Centre for Law and Society in Global Context, Queen Mary University of London, 16 January 2014). 15. UCL Current Legal Problems Lecture: In support of an English Contract Code by Prof. Andrew Tettenborn (Swansea) Chaired by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Longmore (UCL, 16 January 2014) 16. PhD Masterclass Friday 17th January 2014 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm IALS Room L103 IALS with Professor Chatterjee (Research techniques Combining research with writing, Breadth of literature reviews, inclusion of literature in thesis). 17. Workshop: Managing your Research Project by Dr. S Hutchinson (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary, University of London 20 January 2014) 18. Seminar: Assertive Communication Skills by Dr. J Cordy (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 22 January 2014) 19. Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: A Principle of Contractarian Justice by Professor Albert Weale Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL (UCL 22 January 2014) 20. Public Order and Emergency in Britain by Patrick Graham, Queen Mary, University of London (IALS, London 24 January 014) 21. Ex Post Facto Law by Professor Neil Duxbury, London School of Economics (IALS, London 27 January 2014) 22. Latest Development in the Law of Reparation by Professor Theo van Boven, (Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Restitution, Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) and Discussants: Martyn Day, (Leigh Day & Co) Carla Ferstman, (Director, REDRESS) (BIICL, 28 January 2014) 23. Workshop: Detecting and Deterring Plagiarism by Dr M Williamson (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development- Queen Mary University of London 29 January 2014)

24. Civil Liability of Credit Rating Agencies in the European Union: Selected Private Law Issues by Professor Gudula Deipenbrock, Hochschule fürTechnik und Wirtschaft (HTW), University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany. (IALS, London 30 January 2014) 25. Annual Grotius Lecture (BIICL, 4 February 2014) 26. Training Research Skills to Law Students: a Workshop on Best Practice, funded as part of the Higher Education Academy's Social Sciences workshop and seminar series 2013-14. (IALS, London 05 February 2014) – recorded online. 27. Seminar: Planning and Managing your Research Ethical Process by Ms H Covill (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 05 February 2014) 28. Seminar: Managing your Time and Workload Effectively by Dr. J Cordy (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development 06 February 2014) 29. Seminar: Maintaining Momentum in a Research Environment by Dr. C King (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 10 February 2014) 30. Mistaken Gifts after Pitt v Holt by Dr Birke Häcker (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance) Chaired by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Lloyd (UCL 13 Feb 2014) 31. UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society: New Challenges in EU Competition Law and Enforcement A half day conference organised by Dr Ioannis Lianos (UCL) (UCL 13 February 2014) 32. Lunch Time Lecture: Mediating shipping and commodity disputes by Jane Andrewartha, Clyde & Co UCL CLP: (UCL 14 Feb 2014) 33. Workshop: Making a Poster Presentation by Dr. S Hutchinson (Learning Institute, Centre of Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 17 February 2014) 34. Election observation missions and international human rights: challenges and impact by Richard Howitt, MEP, Member of the European Parliament, EU Election Observer and leader of recent election observation delegations to Sierra Leone and Pakistan (IALS, London 20 February 2014) 35. The Ninth International Conference on Contracts KCON9 – The 9th Annual Conference on Contracts – Florida, 21-22 February 2014 – online 36. Memory’s Property featuring Prof. Ravit Reichman at Osgoode Law, Arts and Culture Colloquium (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 27 February 2014) - online 37. Restructuring Colonial Legal Thought? Bengal 1860-1880: an Innovative Phase in the Jurisprudence of British India by Professor Raymond Cocks, Keele University (IALS, London 28 February 2014) 38. Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: Reasonableness and the Reasonable Person Standard in Criminal Law by Professor Marcia Baron Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of St. Andrews (UCL 5 March 2014)

39. Willem C Vis Arbitration Pre-Moot (Edinburgh, 2nd Moot at 23-24 Feb, 3rd Moot at 15-16 March 2014) 40. Dangerous Trends in Modern Legislation by Daniel Greenberg, in-house Parliamentary Counsel in the Parliamentary Team at Berwin Leighton Paisner BLP (IALS, London 17 March 2014) 41. Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: Justice and Feasibility colloquium by Professor Norman Daniels Mary B. Saltonstall Professor & Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard (UCL 19 March 2014) 42. Seminar: Critical Thinking by Dr. G Davis (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 24 March 2014) 43. University of Oxford: Conference on ‘The Image(s) of the ‘Consumer’ in EU Law: Legislation, Free Movement and Competition Law’ speakers: Speakers Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens (University of Cambridge) Professor Hugh Beale (University of Warwick) Professor Gareth Davies (VU University Amsterdam) Professor Graeme Dinwoodie (University of Oxford) Dr Dev Gangjee (University of Oxford) Professor Stefan Grundmann (Humbolt University and European University Institute) Professor Chris Hodges (University of Oxford) Professor Geraint Howells (University of Manchester) Mr Angus Johnston (University of Oxford) Professor Alison Jones (King’s College London) Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz (University of Oxford) Dr Vanessa Mak (Tilburg University) Professor Hans Micklitz (European University Institute) Dr Lucinda Miller (University College London) Professor Iain Ramsay (University of Kent) Professor Norbert Reich (University of Bremen) Professor Christian Twigg- Flesner (University of Hull) Professor Sybe de Vries (Utrecht University) Professor Stephen Weatherill (University of Oxford) at (St Anne’s College, Faculty of Law, Oxford University 27-28 March 2014) 44. Litigating Commercial Claims in the UK: Why? Why not? (BIICL, 31 March 2014) 45. Seminar: Mindmapping and Speed Reading by Mr. D Creasey (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 02 April 2014) 46. The European Investigation Order: the end of mutual legal assistance as we know it? Chair: Professor John Spencer, Cambridge University. Speakers: Jodie Blackstock, Director of Criminal & EU Justice Policy, JUSTICE; Stephen Gentle, Simmons & Simmons; Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex (IALS, London 7 April 2014) 47. The Courts and National Security Issues Speaker: The Hon Justice Kenneth Hayne AC, High Court of Australia Chair: Lord Reed, UK Supreme Court (BIICL 7 April 2014) 48. King’s College International Graduate Research Conference (IGLRC) (KCL, UK 14-15 April 2014)

49. Making the Fine Print Fair’ Symposium, hosted by the Georgetown Consumer Law Society and Citizen Works – online. 50. Conference: 13th Annual Conference on European Tort Law (European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna - Austria 24-26 April 2014) - online 51. UCL Quain Lectures 2014 - John Gardner by Professor John Gardner, Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford on: ‘From Personal Life to Private Law over three lectures’ on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 April, Thursday 1 May 2014. Topics: Monday 28 April - That's the story of my life, Tuesday 29 April - Say it with flowers Thursday 1 May- The way things used to be (UCL Faculty of Law) 52. Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason by Emeritus Professor Norman S. Poser and chaired by (Brooklyn Law School) and Chaired by Dr Ian S Williams (UCL) (UCL 29 April 2014) 53. Social & Legal Philosophy Colloquium: From personal life to private law (UCL 2 May 2014) 54. Doing Good Business - The evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Eritrea by Todd Romaine, and Lloyd Lipsett (IALS, London 6 May 2014) 55. Roadmap progress: where we are now on pan European Defence Rights? By Caroline Morgan, DG Justice, European Commission; and, Libby McVeigh, Head of Law Reform, Fair Trials International (IALS, London 12 May 2014) 56. Methodology of Legal History by Professor Christopher Tomlins. Commentators: Professor Eric Heinze Professor Axel Korner; Professor Gareth Stedman-Jones); Professor David Sugarman (IALS, London 13 May 2014) 57. Morality and the State of Law, hosted by Michael Sandel: the Public Philosopher (Utrecht University, Netherlands, 13 May 2014) – online. 58. Innovation and Continuity in Law Making (Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture) by Richard Heaton, First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office Chair: Rachel Sandby-Thomas, Director General, BIS, with responsibility for Legal, Better Regulation, Enterprise and Skills. (IALS, London 14 May 2014) 59. Symposium: Causation in Legal Theory, Speakers include: Prof. Jane Stapleton (ANU, Texas), Prof. Richard Wright (Chicago-Kent); Roderick Bagshaw (Oxford); Sandy Steel (KCL); Prof. Ken Oliphant (Institute of European Tort Law); Sarah Green (Oxford); Prof. Rob Stevens (Oxford). King’s College London, 15 May 2013 60. The Method and Culture of Comparative Law: A Workshop on Epistemology, Globalization and Context (Ghent, Belgium 15-17 May 2014) – online 61. Small Businesses, Vulnerability and Access to Finance by Dr Orkun Akseli, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Durham; IALS Visiting Fellow (IALS, London 19 May 2014) 62. Why Vote? public discussion which took place at LSE, hosted by Professor Michael Sandel: Public Philosopher and which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (LSE, 20 May 2014) – online.

63. UCL Legal Philosophy Forum: Law’s System: The Necessity of System in Common Law by Prof. Gerald Postema (UCL 20 May) 64. Google Spain: ‘Freedom of Expression and The Right to be Forgotten’ by Jonathan Coad speakers: Partner, Lewis Silkin; Peter Noorlander, Legal Director, Media Legal Defence Initiative; Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers; Professor Lorna Woods, University of Essex (City University London Law School, UK 20 May 2014) 65. Conference: The Past and Future of the Legal Left: Celebrating Duncan Kennedy’s Scholarship (SOAS, UK 22 May 2014) 66. A symposium on the occasion of Hugh Beale’s 66th birthday: Hugh Beale and the Common European Sales Law (Old Court Room in Lincoln’s Inn, London 23 May 2014) 67. Workshop: Using the Web Tools for Teaching and Learning by Ms G Ritchie (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 27 May 2014) 68. Workshop: Pronunciation Spoken Delivery Skills for Overseas Researchers 3 Days Course: 28 May, 02 June and 05 June 2014 by Ms. S Withers (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London) 69. Conference: Marxism and Global Justice (LSE, UK 28 May 2014) 70. Reassessing the Civil Law Tradition: The Changing Role of the Judge (Annual Lecture in Law & Society, Auditorium: Wolfson College, Oxford -UK 28 May 2014) 71. Workshop: Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice (UCL Institute for Human Rights, 31 May 2014) 72. What Future for Pan-Arabism? The Case of Egypt. The heyday of pan-Arabism once seemed long gone. Yet the recent wave of Arab uprisings suggests the birth of a new pan-Arabism. What explains this and what can we learn from Egypt? Reem Abou-El-Fadl, a lecturer in politics and international relations of the Middle East at Durham University (LSE, 3 June 2014) 73. Neil MacCormick on Legal Reasoning by Dr. Maksymillian del Mar: Queen Mary University of London (UCL Legal Philosophy Forum, UCL Faculty of Law 4 June 2014) 74. Panel Debate: Consumers, Online Disputes and the Business Case for Online Dispute Resolution (Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London 4 June 2014) 75. Queen Mary Postgraduate Legal Research Conference: From Imitation to Innovation: Enriching Legal Scholarship (Queen Mary 5 June 2014) 76. The Exclusionary Role of Law: Revisiting Raz's Account by Paula Gaido (Natioanl Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the University of Cordoba, Argentina) (UCL Faculty of Laws 10 June 2014)

77. Workshop: Making Professional Presentation by Mr. S Cain (Learning Institute, Centre of Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 10 June 2014) 78. Moral Values and Private Law III: School of Law, speakers are: Niamh Connolly, ‘The moral basis of unjust enrichment law’ John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky, ‘The strict liability in fault and the fault in strict liability’ James Goudkamp, ‘Apportionment for contributory negligence: should discounts be fixed or discretionary? Steve Hedley, ‘If corrective justice describes private law, does it also justify it?’ John Oberdiek, ‘Imposing risk’ Victor Tadros, ‘Three principles of compensatory justice’ Emmanuel Voyiakis, ‘Protecting people against the consequences of their negligence: the moral case in favour and its significance for tort theory’ Rachael Walsh, ‘The role of Thomistic property thinking in modern property theory’ (King’s College London, 12-13 June 2014). 79. The next SECOLA Conference on the topic of ‘The European Court of Justice as "Creator" of European Contract Law’ (Luxembourg 13-14 June 2014) 80. Due Diligence: From Rhetoric to Practice Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BIICL 16 June 2014) 81. Conference on Superdiversity, Theory, Method and Practice (University of Birmingham, UK 23-25 June 2014) 82. Workshop: Data Protection by P Smallcombe (Learning Institute, Centre for Academic and Professional Development, Queen Mary University of London 27 June 2014) 83. Reflections on Nuisance and Regulation: University College London, 15 September 2014 84. Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Queen Mary, 22 September 2014 85. Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture: The Hon Mr Justice Arnold, Queen Mary, 13 October 2014 86. Public lecture: Andrew Burrows on ‘Remoteness in Contract: The Rights and Wrongs of The Achilleas’: Trinity College Dublin, 29 October 2014 87. Public lectures: The Jurisprudence of Corrective Justice, by Professor Ernie Weinrib – Oxford, Tuesday 4 November to Wednesday 12 November 2014 88. New Voices in Commercial Law Seminar, 06 November 2014 89. A symposium to launch a book of essays in honour of Hugh Beale took place at Brasenose College, Oxford on 7 November. The book is called English and European Perspectives on Contract and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Hugh Beale. 90. The Evolution of European Private International Law: Coherence, Common Values and Consolidation, Queen Mary, 25 -26 November 2014 91. The Freshfields Arbitration Lecture 2014, 26 November 2014 92. Legal workshop: What is Intellectual Property and why is it so important?, Queen Mary, 04 December 2014 93. Causal Relation in the Law of Obligations': Dickson Poon School of Law, London, 15 December 2014

In 2015

1. Means and Ends': London School of Economics, 16 January 2015 2. The Application of the Law by Arbitrators, Queen Mary, 19 January 2015 3. Guest Lecture: The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Queen Mary, 23 January 2015 4. Habeas Corpus and the Rule of Law, UCL, 29 January 2015 5. Judge Paul Mahoney: ‘The Changing Face of the European Court of Human Rights’, Queen Mary, 05 February 2015 6. The Taxonomy of furtum Between Ownership and Commerce, UCL, 6 February 2015 7. Presentation Skills for Lawyers, Queen Mary, 07 February 2015 8. CJC Seminar: 'Transnational Order and Jurisprudence of Rights - Privacy at the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights', Queen Mary, 11 February 2015 9. Magna carta Uncovered, KCL, 12 Feb 2015. 10. Research Funding and Grant Writing Workshop, Queen Mary, 16 February 2015 11. Permissibility in a World of Wrongdoing, UCL, 25 February 2015 12. Regulating multinational corporations: Lessons from business and human rights, UCL, 26 February 2015 13. New Voices in Commercial Law Seminar, Queen Mary, 05 March 2015 14. Time Management for Lawyers, Queen Mary, 7 March 2015 15. CJC Seminar: 'The Consequences of the Data Retention Judgement for Mass Surveillance', Queen Mary, 12 March 2015 16. 30th Annual ICC and School of International Arbitration Joint Symposium on "Parallel Proceedings in International Arbitration" Queen Mary, 18 March 2015 17. CLSGC Half Day Workshop: 'Thinking about Law Comparatively', Queen Mary, 25 March 2015 18. Minimalism: A Closer Look at Judges as Interpreters, UCL, 26 March 2015 19. Launch of the Queen Mary Human Rights Law Review, Queen Mary, 30 March 2015 20. School of International Arbitration 30th Anniversary Conference: "The Evolution and Future of International Arbitration: The Next 30 Years", Queen Mary, 19-21 April 2015 21. Second Seminar on Private Law Theory and History: Reasoning in Tort Law, 29 April 2015, Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC) Queen Mary University, 29 April 2015 22. Images and Imagination in Theorizing about Law Workshop, Queen Mary, 20 May 2015 23. Legal Risk in Trust Drafting, UCL, 21 May 2015 24. International Arbitration Award Writing - Award Writing Exam, Queen Mary, 29 May 2015