SLS 2019 110TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Central Questions About Law
Final Programme
University of Central Lancashire, Preston Tuesday 3rd – Friday 6th September 2019 Follow the conference on Twitter @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 CONTENTS
WELCOME FROM SLS PRESIDENT 03
GENERAL INFORMATION 04
SOCIAL PROGRAMME 06
SLS 2019 PROGRAMME 08
PROGRAMME SUMMARY 08
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 10
GROUP A SUBJECT SESSIONS 11
GROUP B SUBJECT SESSIONS 20
PUBLISHERS EXHIBITION 28
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE MAP 30
2 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 WELCOME From Professor Richard Taylor, SLS President
It is my pleasure to welcome Dr Nimer Sultany, will be discussing his prize-winning book. you to Preston for the 110th There is also an early careers session on the Tuesday tea- Annual Conference of the time, Wednesday lunchtime sees a new session organised Society of Legal Scholars. by the Society’s EDI Committee “A vision for an inclusive SLS” and Thursday lunchtime has a Judicial Appointments Fittingly for a conference at the session. Finally, the Friday afternoon Brexit session, dare I say University of Central Lancashire, it, remains a fixture for those who don’t have to leave before which is itself located at the then, and promises to be particularly interesting and lively. central point of the British mainland, the theme of this Notwithstanding the packed programme summarised above, year’s conference is Central there will be ample opportunity for that most important Questions about Law. There aspect of conference life whereby delegates can interact are thus three main plenary and engage with one another in the new social space which sessions addressing a variety of such Questions; the first also houses the publishers’ exhibition. We are extremely plenary, Central Questions about the Creation, Development grateful for the support, financial and otherwise, of the and Reform of Law is followed logically by the subject publishers and exhibitors. There are also of course a number matter of the second plenary, Central Questions about the of social events scheduled, starting with the complimentary Implementation, Application and Practice of law. The third publishers’ drinks reception on the Tuesday evening and plenary addresses questions central to the very purpose of the ticketed events each evening including the Annual Dinner Society, Central Questions about Legal Education, Scholarship (kindly sponsored by OUP) on the Wednesday evening. and Research. I am delighted that we have attracted such I am grateful to many colleagues here at the University of a tremendous range of expert and distinguished speakers Central Lancashire both centrally and in the Law School for for each of these plenaries, one hidden theme of the list of their great support in planning and executing this conference. speakers being that virtually all of them have significant if not Within the Society, I would like to express my gratitude to all always obvious connections with Preston or Lancashire. If you the Officers and Members of Executive for their unstinting have read my previous comments in the Society’s Reporter support during my year of office. We are as ever most about Lancashire and Tolkien, you may be disappointed appreciative of the excellent administrative support that not to see a Hobbit somewhere in the list but it is worth we have received from Sara Bladon and Sally Thomson (and keeping an eye open for surprises during the conference! more recently from Rosa Bladon). Sadly, this will be Sally’s The core of the conference remains the 28 subject sections. last conference as it coincides with her retirement from her Jamie Lee has again worked miracles in co-ordinating all role of Administrative Secretary after nearly two decades these subject sections and liaising with all the subject of dedicated and expert service for which we are pleased convenors to put together a tremendous programme. I to have the opportunity to show our immense gratitude would like to record my thanks and appreciation both during the conference. This is the second SLS conference to Jamie and also to all the subject section convenors to be organised by Mosaic Events and I would like to thank plus of course to all those contributing papers. their team and in particular Libby Edison who has worked so efficiently and tirelessly, over a period of more than 18 The main conference runs from Tuesday lunchtime until Friday months, to ensure that this conference is a success. afternoon but as has now become customary, it is preceded on the Monday/Tuesday by the Graduate Conference which this In conclusion, I hope that you will all have a stimulating year has been expertly organised by my colleague Dr Ian Turner and enjoyable time at the conference here in to whom I am most grateful. We are also very happy to be Lancashire (but watch out for those Hobbits!). able to host, on the Tuesday morning, as in previous years, the Annual Seminar of the British Association of Comparative Law. Richard Taylor I am very pleased that this year we have been able to President of the Society of Legal Scholars (2018/19) schedule, for the first time since 2016, a Birks Book prize Professor of English Law, Lancashire Law School session in the Thursday tea-time slot when last year’s winner, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 3 GENERAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES SPEAKERS Our conference organisers are Mosaic Events and Speakers are requested to register on arrival and they will be assisted by Student Ambassadors then make their way to the relevant room in good from the University of Central Lancashire, who time before the start of the session. Please bring your will be wearing red UCLan branded top with the presentation, if you have one, on a memory stick, wording ‘Student Ambassador’. The registration which can be inserted straight in to the USB drive on and enquiries desk for SLS 2019 will be situated the PC provided. University Ambassadors and audio- on the ground floor of the Harrington Social visual technicians will be on hand to assist if required. Space and will be open at the following times: EARLY CAREER SESSION
Tuesday 3rd September 11.30am – 18.00pm The Early Careers Session will be on Tuesday Wednesday 4th September 08.00am – 18.00pm 3 September from 17.45pm - 18.30pm Thursday 5th September 08.00am – 18.00pm in the Harrington Lecture Theatre. Friday 6th September 08.00am – 15.30pm Early Careers Session – Publishing and Developing as a Scholar, with James Lee (KCL), Bruce Wardhaugh, editor of Legal Studies and Rebecca VENUE O’Rourke, Cambridge University Press. University of Central Lancashire Although this session is designed for those at an Preston early or relatively early stage in an academic career, PR1 2HE all interested members are welcome to attend. Tel: +44 (0)1772 201 201 LUNCHTIME SESSIONS PUBLISHERS’ EXHIBITION EDI to be held in the Greenbank Lecture The SLS 2019 Exhibition will be held in Theatre – Wednesday lunch - new session the Harrington Social Space, ground floor, organised by the Society’s EDI Committee where refreshments will also be served. All “A vision for an inclusive SLS”. delegates are invited to visit the exhibition JAC session to be held in the Greenbank which will be open at the following times: Lecture Theatre – Thursday lunch. Birks Prize Session to be held in the Greenbank Tuesday 3rd September 11.30am – 19.00pm Lecture Theatre - Thursday tea-time slot Wednesday 4th September 10.00am – 16.00pm when last year’s winner, Dr Nimer Sultany, Thursday 5th September 10.00am – 16.00pm will be discussing his prize-winning book. Friday 6th September 10.00am – 14.00pm AGM REFRESHMENT & LUNCH BREAKS The AGM will take place on Thursday 5th September 09.00am – 10.30am in the Greenbank Tea and coffee will be available at the below Lecture Theatre, all are welcome to attend. times and lunch will be served at 12.30pm each This will be followed by the council meeting. day in the Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor, buffet style alongside the exhibition. PAPERBANK The Paperbank is available online at: Tuesday 3rd September 15.30pm – 16.00pm https://www.slsconference.com/subject- Wednesday 4th September 10.30am – 11.00am sections-programme/ This provides access 15.30pm – 16:00pm to the full set of abstracts for the conference Thursday 5th September 10.30am – 11.00am and an interactive programme. Please visit the 15.30pm – 16:00pm conference website to download any papers or Friday 6th September 10.30am – 11.00am other files (such as PowerPoint presentations).
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DRINKS AND DINNER TICKETS SLS WEBSITE All the social events, except for the Welcome The SLS website is: www.legalscholars.ac.uk Drinks Reception, are ticketed. You must and the conference website, including the have your ticket with you (if you have booked, Paperbank can be accessed from it (click your ticket will be handed out with your on conference on the menu bar) or directly badge). If you do not already have a ticket at https://www.slsconference.com/ from and would like to attend any of the social here click on the programme tab. events, please see the staff at the Registration and Enquiries Desk as early as possible. LUGGAGE STORE Luggage can be stored next to the Harrington PUBLIC TRANSPORT & CAR PARKING Refectory in the Bistro area. This is an open UCLan is conveniently situated within walking area and is not secure. The area is located next distance of Preston railway station. If you are to the security office. All items are left at the arriving on foot from the train station, exit owner’s risk and neither University of Central Lancashire, the SLS nor Mosaic Events accept from the station’s main entrance, turn right responsibility for personal belongings. and then left down Corporation Street to Those staying in the Premier Inn and Legacy Ringway. Cross Ringway at the lights, turn right, International hotels may wish to leave their luggage then take first left down Corporation Street at the hotel on the morning of departure if (shops including Aldi on your left). Straight travelling by train, as this is en-route to the station. ahead and follow signs to the University. Preston Bus Station is a 15 minute walk DELEGATE BADGES to the campus. The number 31 bus For security purposes, please always service runs every 15 minutes from the wear your delegate badges. bus station to the University campus. GENERAL ASSISTANCE If arriving by car the university is well sign posted, however please note parking is not available at Please go to the SLS Registration and Enquiries the university. There are spaces available (pay Desk on the ground floor of the Harrington and display) at a number of central carparks, Social Space if you have any queries. For serious emergencies you can phone the Event Team: one conveniently located carpark is Walker +44 (0) 7702 495847. Please do Street Carpark, North Street, Preston PR1 2RQ. not abuse this facility. MOBILE PHONES INFORMATION ABOUT PRESTON Out of courtesy to speakers and other delegates, For more information on top attractions, mobile phones should be switched off or restaurants and shopping in Preston please visit: on silent mode before entering sessions. https://www.visitlancashire.com/explore/preston WIFI ACCOMMODATION CHECK-IN Complimentary WIFI is available throughout the If you have booked accommodation on campus at conference venue. To access the guest WIFI please The Warehouse, rooms are available for check-in select UCLanOpen network and follow the steps. from 14.00pm until 17.00pm on the day of arrival Academic delegates can also log in and are to be vacated by 10.30am on the day of to Eduroam in the usual way. departure. All guests should carry some form of During the conference, you can follow ID (ideally photographic) as this will be checked @SLSPreston2019 on Twitter. Please before keys are issued. Keys are collected from help broadcast the Conference by / returned to the Warehouse Reception, on posting your comments and photos the ground floor. Breakfast will be available with the hashtag #SLSPreston19. at an additional cost in the Foster Refectory (FB on the campus map) from 08.00am.
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 5 SOCIAL PROGRAMME
All social events are ticketed, except the Welcome Drinks Reception. Please remember to bring your ticket for the evening social events to ensure faster entry. If you do not already have a ticket and would like to attend any of the drinks or dinners, please see the staff at the Registration and Enquiries Desk as early as possible.
TUESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
Publishers’ Drinks Reception Annual Conference Drinks and Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor, Dinner sponsored by OUP University of Central Lancashire. Ewood Park, Blackburn, BB2 4JF 18.00pm – 19.15pm 19.00pm – 23.00pm (Inclusive for all Tuesday delegates) (Ticket Required)
On the first night of SLS 2019, there will be a The Annual Conference Dinner will be held at Welcome Drinks Reception in the exhibition Blackburn Rovers Football Ground – Ewood Park. area, Harrington Social Space, ground floor, Pre-dinner drinks will be followed by a three- giving you the opportunity to network with course dinner with wine and coffee. The guest colleagues and meet with exhibitors. speaker will be Professor Nick Wikeley, Judge of the Upper Tribunal and Past President of the SLS. Lancashire Themed Dinner There will be the Birks prize presentation, plus other presentations and a Quiz on Law, Football Harrington Restaurant, University and Philosophy. of Central Lancashire. 19.15pm – 21.30pm Delegates are asked to meet to board the (Ticket required) coaches at 18:15pm outside Harrington Social Space main doors.
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THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
Preston Legal Walk Harris Museum and Art Gallery Meet at the Registration Desk in Market Square, Preston, PR1 2PP the Harrington Social Space 19.00pm – 21.30pm 17.45pm – 18.45pm Ticket Required
For those who have pre-booked tickets, In 1877 Edmund Robert Harris, a Preston please meet at 17:35pm at the Registration lawyer, left in his will £300,000 to establish a Desk in the Harrington Social Space. trust and support a public library, museum and art gallery with Preston Corporation. A gently paced walk for 3-4km with plenty The Harris collections cover fine art, decorative of stops at interesting legal landmarks art, costume, textiles and history including ending at the Sessions House/Harris Art collections on archaeology and local history. Gallery and Museum. Led by Michael Doherty, Principal Lecturer, Lancashire Law School. Drinks will be served, and delegates will be invited to view the exhibitions, a buffet will also be served. Delegates are requested to make their own way to the Harris Museum, the address is shown above. It is approximately half a mile - 15 minutes walk from campus.
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 7 PROGRAMME SUMMARY
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2019
TIME EVENT LOCATION
09.30am-12.30pm Prior event: BACL Annual Seminar Comparative Harrington 337 Law in Troubled Times
11.30am-18.00pm Registration and Enquiry Desk Open Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
12.30pm-14.00pm Lunch and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
14.00pm-15.30pm Subject Sections A1
15.30pm-16.00pm Afternoon Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
16.00pm-17.30pm Subject Sections A2
17.45pm-18.30pm Early Careers Session Greenbank Lecture Theatre
18.00pm-19.15pm Drinks Reception Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
19.15pm-21.30pm Lancashire Themed 3 Course Dinner Harrington Restaurant, UCLan
WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2019
TIME EVENT LOCATION
08.00am-18.00pm Registration and Enquiry Desk Open Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
09.00am-10.30am Subject Sections A3
10.30am-11.00am Morning Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
11.00am-12.30pm Subject Sections A4
12.30pm-14.00pm Lunch and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
13.00pm-13.50pm Participatory discussion organised by the Society’s Greenbank Lecture Theatre EDI Committee “A vision for an inclusive SLS”
14.00pm-15.30pm Plenary 1: Central Questions about the Creation, Harrington Lecture Theatre Development and Reform of Law Lady Hale DBE, President of the Supreme Court Elizabeth Gardiner CB, First Parliamentary Counsel Professor David Ormerod QC (Hon), Law Commissioner Chair Professor Andrew Burrows QC (Hon), All Souls College Oxford
15.30pm-16.00pm Afternoon Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
16.00pm-17.30pm Central Questions about the Implementation, Harrington Lecture Theatre Application and Practice of Law Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals Professor Sarah Worthington QC (Hon), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Cambridge University Professor Pinar Akman, Director of the Centre for Law and Business, Leeds University Chair Lady Arden DBE, Justice of the Supreme Court
19.00pm-23.00pm Drinks Reception and Annual Conference Dinner Ewood Park (assemble for Birks prize presentation, Guest Speaker and Quiz Sponsored by OUP coaches 18:15pm)
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THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2019
TIME EVENT LOCATION
08.00am-18.00pm Registration and Enquiry Desk Open Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
09.00am-10.30am SLS AGM and Council Meeting Greenbank Lecture Theatre
10.30am-11.00am Morning Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
11.00am-12.30pm Subject Sections B1
12.30pm-14.00pm Lunch and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
13.00pm-13.50pm Judicial Appointments Commission Session – Academic Greenbank Lecture Theatre Skills and how to use them as Judges Chair: Professor Alan Paterson with an expert panel including JAC Commissioner Jane Furness, the President of the Employment Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle and Natalie Wortley and Stephen Hardy
14.00pm-15.30pm Central Questions about Legal Education, Scholarship Harrington Lecture Theatre and Research Professor Fiona Cownie FAcSS, Keele University Professor Ewan McKendrick QC (Hon) University of Oxford Professor Gillian Douglas FBA, Kings College London Chair Dr Lynne Livesey, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, University of Central Lancashire
15.30pm-16.00pm Afternoon Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
16.00pm-17.30pm Subject Sections B2
17.45pm-18.45pm Birks Prize Session - 2018 Winner Dr Nimer Sultany (SOAS) Greenbank Lecture Theatre will discuss his book ” Law and Revolution – Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring”. Chair Professor Imelda Maher UCD
17.45pm-18.45pm Preston Legal Walk Meet at the registration desk
19.00pm-22.00pm Drinks Reception and Buffet Dinner Harris Museum & Art Gallery
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2019
TIME EVENT LOCATION
08.00am-18.00pm Registration and Enquiry Desk Open Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
09.00am-10.30am Subject Sections B3
10.30am-11.00am Morning Refreshments and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
11.00am-12.30pm Subject Sections B4
12.30pm-14.00pm Lunch and Publishers Exhibition Harrington Social Space, Ground Floor
13.30pm-14.45pm Brexit Session - Lessons from Brexit – internal reflections Harrington Lecture Theatre Professor Gavin Phillipson, Bristol University Professor Stephen Tierney, Edinburgh University Professor Tamara Hervey, Sheffield University Professor Stephanie Laulhé Shaelou, UCLan Cyprus Chair, Professor Maria Lee, UCL
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 9 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
To mark the eminent scholarship to be found among our membership, the Society Subject Sections invite keynote speakers to the conference. These scholars provide an important focus for the subject sections by presenting their work, engaging with, and being challenged by other scholars (especially those at an earlier stage of career). The SLS is grateful to the following keynote speakers who have accepted the invitation to this conference and we look forward to their contributions.
SECTION A SECTION B
CAROLYN ABBOT EMMA CAVE PAUL BEAUMONT ALISON FIRTH VINCENT CHETAIL ANDREW FRANCIS IRIS CHIU MAEBH HARDING MARIE-BENEDICTE DEMBOUR IRINI KATSIREA NELSON ENONCHONG GAVIN MACLEOD LITTLE HELEN FENWICK LAURA MACGREGOR PAULA GILIKER CRAIG PURSHOUSE MIKE GORDON TINA SOLIMAN HUNTER JEN HENDRY SURABHI RANGANATHAN URSULA KILKELLY AKBAR RASULOV RONNIE MACKAY CRAIG ROTHERHAM LOUISE MERRETT CATHERINE MITCHELL NEIL RICHARDS JENS SCHERPE CAROLINE STREVENS CHRISTOPHER WILLETT
10 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION A
TUESDAY 3RD AND WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
BANKING & FINANCE SERVICES LAW 12
CIVIL LIBERTIES & HUMAN RIGHTS 12
COMPARATIVE LAW 13
CONFLICT OF LAWS 13
CONTRACT, COMMERCIAL & CONSUMER LAW 14
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 14
CYBER LAW 15
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 15
FAMILY LAW 16
JURISPRUDENCE 16
LEGAL EDUCATION 17
MIGRATION & ASYLUM LAW 17
OPEN A 18
PUBLIC LAW 18
TORTS 19
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 11 BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW
Convenors: Sandra Booysen & Francesco De Pascalis GREENBANK 276
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Iris Chiu (University College London) Keynote: A new agenda for regulatory policy regarding the crypto economy 1B Ilias Kapsis, (University of Bradford) Cryptocurrencies: the quest for legitimacy 1C Vincenzo Bavoso (University of Manchester) Regulating Securitised Banking in the Age of Market-Based Finance – The Unfinished Reform
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Holly Powley (University of Bristol) Banking culture and misconduct: a comparative analysis 2B Dimitrios Kafteranis (University of Luxembourg) Rethinking financial rewards under the Directive on the protection of persons reporting breaches of Union law. 2C Steven Montagu-Cairns (University of Leeds) Corporate criminal liability and the failure to prevent offence: an argument for the adoption of an omissions based offence in Money Laundering
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Nelson Enonchong (Birmingham Law School) Keynote: Unauthorised Bank Payment in the Electronic Age 3B Sandra Booysen (National University of Singapore) The Legal Dichotomy between Authorised (but Unintended) and Unauthorised Payments 3C Kwan Ho Lau (Singapore Management University) The Curious Case of the Commercial Loan and the Law of Novation
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Gerard McMeel (University of Manchester) Lessons from the Interest Rate Swaps Mis-selling Saga 4B Ebenezer Adodo (University of Leicester) and Chumah Amaefule (University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago) Injunctive applications pertaining to letters of credit and performance guarantees: Is a cause of action required in current practice? 4C Andreas Kokkinis (University of Warwick) and Andrea Miglionico (University of Reading) Asset Quality and Resolving Mechanisms: The Implications of Banks’ Corporate Governance on NPL Management
CIVIL LIBERTIES & HUMAN RIGHTS
Convenors: Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Alan Greene HARRINGTON 338A
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
Focus on The European Convention on Human Rights 1A Zoe Bryanston-Cross (European Court of Human Rights) Concepts of State responsibility in international law and their application in the supervision mechanisms established under the European Convention on Human Rights 1B Kris Gledhill (Auckland University) The European Court of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1C Rachael Ita (University of Derby) Mind the Gap: The Impact of Margin of Appreciation and Living Instrument Arguments on the Scope of Applicability of the European Convention on Human Rights
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
The Judical Protection of Human Rights in Common Law Systems 2A Nicola Barker (University of Liverpool) From the Human Rights Act to the British Bill of Rights? A Feminist Perspective 2B Carmen Draghici (City, University of London) The Persistent British Ban on Assisted Suicide and Constitutional Lessons from Canada 2C James Rooney (Trinity College Dublin) The Contingency of Rights Protection upon Judicial Culture in Common Law Systems
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Human Right and Security 3A Helen Fenwick (Durham University) Keynote: Abusive, harmful and offensive cyber-speech: critiquing the UK criminal law response and the prospect of Ofweb regulation from a free speech perspective 3B Katy Vaughan (Swansea University) Re-evaluating minimum standards of procedural fairness in the national security context: the Use of Special Advocates in Closed Material Procedures 3C Anne-Marie Greenslade (Leeds Beckett University) How effective is UK Modern Slavery legislation and policy at a frontline level?
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Comparative Constitutional Perspectives on LGBT Rights 4A Keisuke Abe (Seikei University) Towards a More Inclusive Society: The Future of LGBT Rights in Japan 4B Zanele Nyoni (University of Central Lancashire) The Struggle for Equality: LGBT Rights Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa 4C Sujitha Subramanian (University of Liverpool) Use of ‘Constitutional Morality’ in the Pursuit of Equality and Human Rights in India
12 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION A COMPARATIVE LAW
Convenors: Greta Bosch & Catherine Pedamon HARRINGTON 337
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A (Joint with Tort): Paula Giliker (University of Bristol) Keynote: Creating a 21st century law of tort – Proposals to reform the tort provisions of the French Civil Code 1B Thomas Verheyen (Ghent University) On Behavioural Asymmetry in Product Liability Law: How Private Nudging Will Get European Product Liability Theory Back on Track 1C Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana) & Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe (Erasmus University Rotterdam) How to deal with autonomous AI – A Comparative Investigation
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
How far apart are we? 2A Václav Janeček (University of Oxford) Methods of Distinguishing Between Private and Public Law 2B Tony Meacham (Coventry University) The Common Law and Equity: Are England and Australia a world apart? 2C Lorenzo Cavalaglio & Adèle Julia Chenaux (Pontifical University of Lateran) The Reception of Trusts in Italian Law: the Role of Notaries and Judges in a (difficult) Legal Transplant
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Legal Responses 3A Andrew Bell (University of Graz) & Joanna McCunn (University of Bristol) If laws therefore were made for facts…’: Legal Responses to Factual Uncertainties 3B Cliff Fisher (Purdue university), Alexis Martinez, Matthew Spegele, Katherine Gonzalez, Kenna Garman & John Pairitz A comparison of E.U’s General Data Protection Regulation and U.S. Data privacy protection laws 3C Stephen Graw (James Cook University) Terminating Partnerships by Accepted Repudiation: the differing UK and Australian Approaches
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Impact of Externalities 4A Morad El Kadmiri (Institute of Advanced legal Studies, London) Wigmore’s PowerPoint and the Pre-Digital Era 4B Olivier Beddeleem (EDHEC Business School) Central questions about Comparative Law in light of Brexit
CONFLICT OF LAWS ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 3
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
Choice of Law 1A Lauren Clayton-Helm (Northumbria University) Habitual Residence and Marriage, do they go Together Like a Horse and Carriage? 1B Jayne Holliday (University of Aberdeen/University of Stirling) Characterisation in the Context of Clawback Claims 1C Emma Roberts and Giles Orton (University of Chester) Cross-border Unjust Enrichment and Brexit: An Opportunity for Reform?
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Expanding Horizons 2A Paul Beaumont - (University of Aberdeen/University of Stirling) Keynote: The Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters 2019: The Perspective of an EU Negotiator 2B Sören Segger-Piening (University of Würzburg) The Internet of Things as a Challenge (?) – Contractual Fragmentation and Protection of Privacy from a (European) Conflicts of Law Perspective 2C Eduardo Alvarez-Armas (Brunel University/Université Catholique de Louvain) Private International Climate-Change Litigation to the Test: Lluiya v. RWE, or how Article 17 of Rome II is a GHG Emitter’s Ace up the Sleeve
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Early Career Panel 3A Michiel Poesen (KU Leuven) Jurisdiction and Privity of Contract in European Private International Law 3B Shahar Giller-Avraham (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) The Court’s Discretionary Power to Enforce A Choice-of-Court Clause: Is it Time for a Change? 3C Līga Stikāne (University of Latvia) Rome III Regulation: the Problematic Issues and Possible Solutions
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Reshaping the Law 4A Louise Merrett (University of Cambridge) Keynote: When is Forum Shopping an Abuse of Rights? 4B Mukarrum Ahmed (Lancaster University) Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts: Comparing the Hague Choice of Court Convention and the Brussels Ia Regulation 4C Erlis Themeli (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) Limits to Consumer Protection in the Brussels Ibis Regulation: No to Domicile Hide-and Seek-Game
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 13 CONTRACT, COMMERCIAL & CONSUMER LAW
Convenors: Jenny Zhang & Meixian Song ADELPHI TVi
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Dr Catherine Mitchell (Birmingham Law School) Keynote: Central Questions about Contract Law: What future for the common law? 1B Yihan Goh (Singapore Management University) Reconceptualising ‘Legitimate Interest’ in the Law of Remedies for Breach of Contract: Looking Inside and Outside of Contract Law
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Nicholas Sage (LSE, London) Relational Objectivity 2B Tey Guan Khoo (Gray’s Inn, London) Interpreting Errors in the ICS Paradigm 2C Keren Wu (University of East Anglia) Interpretation of Aggregation Clauses in Insurance Contracts
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Christopher Willett (University of Essex) Keynote 3B Nwanneka Ezechukwu (Birmingham City University) It ranked high, so I purchased!’ Are consumer-generated reviews an effective tool for bridging information gaps? 3C Timothy Dodsworth (University of Exeter) Exploring the potential of AI as a legal tool
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Simon Crabtree (Swansea University) The future of good faith 4B Nevi Agapiou (UCLan Cyprus) Across the Miles in the European Union: Aligning Consumer and Commercial Contracts for the Sale of Goods on the basis of Favor Contractus
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Convenors: John Child & Colin King HARRINGTON 301
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
Focus on The European Convention on Human Rights 1A Ronnie Mackay (De Montfort University) Keynote: The Maleficence of M’Naghten OR The Sorry Tale of the Insanity Defence in English Criminal Law 1B Kim McGuire (University of Central Lancashire) Extending the concept, or extending the category, of hate crime? Perceptions of misogyny as a potential ‘hate crime
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Susan Stokeld (University of Aberdeen) Evidential issue and challenges arising from the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 2B Kyle Murray & Tara Beattie (Durham Law School) Terms and Conditions Apply”? Reforming Consent in Sexual Offences 2C Jesse Elvin (City, University of London) & Claire de Than (Institute of Law, Jersey) Autonomy versus vulnerability: does English law need a general endangerment offence?
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Robin Palmer (University of Canterbury) An overview of the current status of new forensic neuro-technologies, and an assessment of the major legal and ethical implications of the use of new forensic neuro-technologies in the Criminal Justice System 3B Michelle Coleman (Middlesex University) #MeToo and the Presumption of Innocence: the rights of victims and the accused 3C Amelia Shooter (Birmingham City University) Judicial Engagement with Challenges to Forensic Science Evidence from the National Academy of Sciences: The Importance of Legal Actors
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A David Hayes (The University of Sheffield) Retributivism and Penal Minimalism: Notes on a Penal Theory of Political Action 4B Ian Weldon (Sir Clifford Grant Chambers) A Briggs over Troubled Water: Is the Civil Courts Structure Review a Realistic Solution for Litigants in Person? 4C Richard Glover (University of Wolverhampton) A damaging business: protest and the civil courts
14 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION A CYBER LAW
Convenor: Paul Bernal ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 4
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
Public and private 1A Roisin Costello (Trinity College Dublin) Genetic Testing and the Erosion of Privacy Rights: Towards a Theory of Herd Immunity? 1B Jessica Bell (Melbourne Law School) What is the meaning and role of a concept of ‘public benefit’ in law in the digital era? Insights from charity law
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Algorithms and AI 2A Guido Noto La Diega (Northumbria University) Artificial Intelligence and database rights in the age of big machine data 2B Tomasz Braun, Dominika Harasimiuk (Lazarski University) Regulating the unknown: how to address algorithmic reality of society
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Data Protection 3A Sam Wrigley (University of Helsinki) Rights and interests under the GDPR: Finding “fairness” for both sides? 3B Jessica Shurson (Queen Mary University of London) Data Protection and Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders: Resolving the Conflict Between the GDPR and the US Cloud Act
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Privacy and more 4A Neil Richards (Washington University in St Louis) Keynote: “Why privacy matters”? 4B Joseph Savirimuthu (University of Liverpool) Data Protection, Standards and Conceptions of Risk: A case study of the problem of conflicts of interests in the Smart City
ENVIRONMENTAL
Convenor: Julie Adshead GREENBANK 273
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Carolyn Abbott Keynote (University of Manchester) Losing the Local? – Public Participation and Legal Expertise in Planning Law 1B Colin Reid and Sean Whittaker (University of Dundee) Uncovering the Environment: The Use of Public Access to Environmental Information 1C Bob Lee and Naomi Luhde-Thompson (University of Birmingham) All quiet on the Preston front?
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Alice Venn, (University of Exeter) Litigating climate change in the UK: Rising future prospects 2B Petra Minnerop, (University of Dundee) The ‘European Consensus’ – providing a safety net of climate action under the European Convention on Human Rights?
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Colin Mackie (University of Leeds) The trade distorting effects of inefficacious financial provision for permit obligations 3B Ioanna Hadjiyianni (University of Cyprus) The Court of Justice of the European Union as a Transnational Actor through Judicial Review of the Territorial Scope of EU Environmental Law 3C Aleksandra Cavoski (University of Birmingham) The ICJ’s work on developing sources of IEL
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Osahon Omoregie, (Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria) Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in Nigeria: A Case for Constitutional Environmental Rights
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 15 FAMILY LAW
Convenors: Amy Purvis & Peter Dunne ADELPHI CONF RM AB226
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Jens Scherpe (University of Cambridge) Keynote: Breaking the existing paradigms of parent-child relationships 1B Sheila Donovan-Hurley (National University, Galway) ’Sharenting’ - Parental Autonomy versus The Right of The Child to a Private Identity 1C Jill Marshall and Anna Davies (Royal Holloway) Autonomy and Privacy Rights in Secret Births
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Jo Harwood (University of Essex ) “We Don’t Know What It Is We Don’t Know” – Child Contact, Domestic Abuse and the Gaps Left by Legal Aid Reform and the Restrictions on Access to Expert Evidence 2B PANEL discussion
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Frances Burton (Buckingham University) Access to Justice in England and Wales: What Modernisation Does the Family Court Actually Need? 3B Gillian Douglas and Stephen Gilmore (King’s College London) The (il)legitimacy of the common law in helping to shape Family Law reform 3C Alan Brown (University of Glasgow) The Ambiguous Position of Commercial Surrogacy Within UK Surrogacy Regulation
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Ursula Kilkelly (School of Law, UCC) Keynote 4B Rhonda Hammond-Sharlot (Birmingham City University) Why Marriage needs a Divorce from the Church of England
JURISPRUDENCE
Convenors: Emilia Mickiewicz & Ilias Trispiotis GREENBANK LECTURE THEATRE
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM Private law theory 1A Matteo Nicolini (University of Verona/ Newcastle University) Inequality of Goods and Lands; or, the Iniquitous Effects of Global Comparative Law 1B Steve Hedley (University College Cork) Private Law Theory – An Emerging Field? 1C John Prebble (Victoria University of Wellington) Kelsenian Analysis Reveals a Central Flaw in Income Tax Law, Namely a Confusion of “Is” and “Ought” 1D Chris Mills (University of Warwick) Contractual Complicity
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM Theory of regulation; institutions 2A T.T. Arvind (University of York) A Legal Theory for the Age of Regulation 2B Noam Gur (Queen Mary University of London) Legal Directives and Practical Reasons 2C Amanda Warren-Jones (Huddersfield University) A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective of Evaluative Decision-Making: Legal Contexts Exemplify Reliability Rests on a Cross-Checking Mental Process 2D James Gould (University of Plymouth) Natural law or natural rights? The ‘modern humanist tradition’ – transforming natural law reasoning into natural rights jurisprudence
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM Theorising adjudication; interpretivism 3A Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk (University of East London) Constitutionalising Politics, Politicising Constitutions: Why Judicial Impartiality is More than a Convenient Social Myth 3B Dimitrios Tsarapatsanis (University of York) An Interpretivist Theory of Adjudication 3C Simon Lee (Open University) An ABC Guide to Jurisprudence: Bullet Points
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM Theorising international law; human rights theory 4A Jen Hendry (University of Leeds) Keynote: Indigenous Communities, Collective Rights, and the Collective Voice 4B Thom Brooks (Durham University) Against Just War 4C Alexander Green (University of Hong Kong) Political Obligation as the Duty to Participate 4D Karamvir Chadha (University of Cambridge) Sexual Consent and Having Sex Together
16 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION A LEGAL EDUCATION
Convenors: Jane Ching & Pamela Henderson ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 5
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Caroline Strevens (University of Portsmouth) Keynote: Challenging Assumptions: revisiting the Law Curriculum 1B Jessica Guth (Leeds Beckett University) Defence Against the Dark Arts: Some Personal Reflections on the Histories and Futures of Legal Education 1C Steven Vaughan (University College London) The Lies We Tell Ourselves: Problematising the (S)Hallow Foundations of the Core of Legal Education
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Roland Fletcher (Open University) Experiential learning and experience of learning through vocational education: the trailblazer solicitor apprenticeship 2B PANEL Christina Perry (Queen Mary University of London), Nigel Spencer (University of Oxford) and Sue Prince (Exeter University) Innovation in Legal Education: preliminary findings on the impact of creating a workplace-focused law degree on student skills growth, degree results and employment outcomes
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Graham Ferris (Nottingham Trent University) Supporting Learners Through Legal Education 3B Emma Jones (The Open University) Autonomy, apathy and alienation: Exploring factors contributing to the mental wellbeing of distance learning law students 3C Elyse Wakelin (Nottingham Trent University) The raising pressures on pastoral care and support for students in legal education: how to deal with this growing concern?
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Rita Dalton-Harrison (Royal Holloway) The Future Professional Self: Enabling Future Advocate Leaders 4B Kay Wheat (Nottingham Trent University) A gap in academic legal education needs a remedy
MIGRATION
Convenors: Ruvi Ziegeler & Anna Beduschi HARRINGTON 333
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Marie-Benedicte Dembour (Brighton) Keynote 1B Vincent Chetail (Graduate Institute - Geneva) Keynote: The Global Compact for Migration: From Codification to Progressive Development of International Law
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Nicolette Busuttil (Queen Mary University of London) Non-refoulement for migrants with psychosocial disabilities: towards a disability-sensitive interpretation 2B Anna Liguori (University of Naples) Overlap between complicity and positive obligations: Italy’s responsibility before the ECtHR as a consequence of outsourcing border controls to Libya 2C Jean-Pierre Gauci (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) Boat Migration: What Implications for Commercial Vessels?
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Sheona York (University of Kent) Retrospective measures, privatisation and ‘mission creep’ - how the Home Office online application regime is further distancing migrants from transparent and accessible remedies under the law 3B Emma Marshall (University of Exeter) Access to asylum and immigration advice after LASPO: Legal aid cuts and experiences of advice-seeking 3C Andrew Pitt (Queen Mary University of London) Less Law and Lawless – Detained Fast Track and Legality
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Elena Gualco (University of Bedfordshire) Unaccompanied minors’ quest for asylum in Europe: from age assessment to age discrimination 4B Amanda Spalding (Canterbury Christ Church University) Reconceptualising Immigration Measures as Punitive 4C Arwen Joyce (University of Leicester) The limits of labour law and low-wage temporary migrant workers in Asia
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 17 OPEN A
Convenor: David Marrani HARRINGTON 308
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
Judges 1A Alan Paterson (Strathclyde University) Presidency and the Supreme Court: David Neuberger’s Legacy 1B Sophie Gallop (Nottingham Trent University) The Use of Torture and Judicial Impunity in ex Soviet States 1C Sapna Reheem Shaila (King’s College) Building an independent judiciary in transitional states: Lessons from Timor-Leste
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Medical Panel 2A Caoimhín MacMaoláin (Trinity College) An Unhealthy State: Using legislation to address public heath issues in Ireland 2B Kartina Choong (University of Central Lancashire) Richard Law (University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust) Shalini Kanagasingam (University of Central Lancashire) and Kartina Choong (University of Central Lancashire) E-professionalism: A Comparative Study of How Doctors and Dentists are Regulated in the UK
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM (NOT SITTING)
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Different Dimensions 4A Max Weaver (London South Bank) Climb Every Montaigne! Musical Metaphors for Law 4B Abigail Jackson (University of East London) The Blame Game? Examining Emotions in Residential Evictions
PUBLIC
Convenors: Brian Jones & Eloise Ellis ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 2
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM Private law theory 1A Conor Casey (Trinity College) The Gate-Keepers: Lawyers and Executive Power 1B John McGarry & Amy Cowen (University of Bolton) The Attorney General and Contempt of Court – Some political and constitutional questions 1C Mike Gordon (University of Liverpool) Keynote
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Ben Stanford (Coventry University) Power to the People? Public Spaces Protection Orders, Hybrid Law and Human Rights 2B Katy Sowery (University of Liverpool) Unconstitutional constitutional amendments’ and the European Union legal order 2C Tarik Olcay (Aston University) Unseating the Guardians: Judicial Tenure under Attack in Illiberal Europe
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Dean Knight (Victoria University of Wellington) Contextual review: the instinctive impulse and unstructured normativism in judicial review 3B Kenny Chng (Singapore Management University) A Theory of Precedent in Singapore Constitutional Law 3C Farrah Ahmed (University of Melbourne) The Delegation Theory of Judicial Review
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Hanna Wilberg (University of Auckland) Re-evaluating Mistake of Fact as a Ground of Judicial Review 4B Tim Sayer (Newcastle University) Substantive Review and Bifurcation in the UK Supreme Court 4C Martin Brenncke (Aston University) Statutory interpretation and the role of the courts after Brexit
18 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION A TORTS
Convenor: Phillip Morgan GREENBANK 348A
SESSION 1: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 14.00PM – 15.30PM
1A Joint with Comparative HARRINGTON 337 Paula Giliker (University of Bristol) Keynote: Creating a 21st century law of tort – Proposals to reform the tort provisions of the French Civil Code 1B Thomas Verheyen (Ghent University) On Behavioural Asymmetry in Product Liability Law: How Private Nudging Will Get European Product Liability Theory Back on Track 1C Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana) & Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe (Erasmus University Rotterdam) How to deal with autonomous AI – A Comparative Investigation
SESSION 2: TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Annette Morris (Cardiff University) Changing the Way We ‘Do’ Tort Law: The Commoditisation of the Personal Injury Claims Process 2B Aoife Finnerty (University of Limerick) The Sale of “Liquid Gold” in Ireland and England & Wales; Some thoughts from Tort Law 2C Roderick Bagshaw (Magdalen College) Best Intentions for the Economic Torts
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Matthew Dyson (University of Oxford) The Centre of Tort 3B Arantxa Gutierrez (University of Edinburgh) Comparing apples and oranges: Normative losses and consequential losses in the context of compensation of non-pecuniary losses in English tort law 3C Václav Janeček (University of Oxford) Damages and the Distinctive Threshold for Legally Protected Public Interests
SESSION 4: WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A David Pearce (University of Leeds) The Rise and Demise of Strict Liability for the Escape of Fire 4B Eoin Quill (University of Limerick) The Duty of Care and the Merits of a Fifth Wheel 4C Sarah Fulham-McQuillan (University College Dublin) Foreseeing Difficulties: Duty, Scope, and Causation in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 19 SECTION B
THURSDAY 5TH AND FRIDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
COMPANY LAW 21
ENERGY LAW 21
EU AND COMPETITION LAW 22
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 22
INTERNATIONAL LAW 23
LABOUR LAW 23
LEGAL HISTORY 24
MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS LAW 24
MEDICAL LAW 25
OPEN B 25
PRACTICE, PROFESSION & ETHICS 26
PROPERTY & TRUSTS 26
RESTITUTION 27
TAX LAW 27
20 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION B COMPANY LAW
Convenor: Irene-Marie Esser GREENBANK 276
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Laura MacGregor (Edinburgh University) Keynote: Shaping fiduciary duties around partnership relationships: LPs and LLPs 1B John Wood (University of Central Lancashire, Preston) Creative destruction and the need to rethink the value within corporate rescue 1C Michelle Welsh (Monash University, Melbourne) Phoenix Companies: Creative Use or Abuse of the Corporate Form (Helen Anderson, co-author)
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Katarzyna Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna (Glasgow University) Hunting for content and scope: Long-term interests in the company directors’ decision-making processes 2B John Tribe (Liverpool University) Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence and the Renaissance of English and Welsh Insolvency Law Reform 2C Sarah Morley (Newcastle University) Takeover Regulation: From Shareholder Primacy to Stakeholder Values
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A PANEL Open discussion moderated by the Section Chair. Iain MacNeil (Glasgow University) The role and impact of “say on pay” on executive remuneration in the UK. Carsten Gerner-Beurle (UCL), Tom Kirchmaier (Copenhagen Business School) Say on Pay: Do Shareholders Care? Joan Loughrey (Leeds University) Commentator
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Jason Harris (University of Sydney) Return to Officialism? The re-regulation of Australia’s corporate insolvency laws 4B Suren Gomtsian (Leeds University) The Stewardship Role of Large Institutional Investors and Activist Shareholders: Friends or Foes? 4C Leyanda Purchase (University of Law, London) Disruptive Technology and Corporate Governance: The Impact of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
ENERGY LAW
Convenor: Raphael Heffron HARRINGTON 338A
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Tina Soliman Hunter (University of Aberdeen) Keynote: Central Questions on the Evolution of National Oil Companies 1B Gavin MacLeod Little Keynote, (University of Stirling) UK energy governance and low - carbon transition: keeping the flag flying
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
International Energy Law 2A Belen Olmos Giupponi (Kingston University) A bottom-up approach to energy justice?: Exploring the role of “Informal Conflict Resolution” mechanisms 2B Eghosa Ekhator – (University of Chester) and Godswill Agbaitoro (University of Essex) Energy Law and Policy in Nigeria: Any role for the International Energy Charter?
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Current Energy Law Issues in the UK 3A Kikelomo Kila (University of Exeter) Developing Countries and Corporate Regulation in Climate Change: ‘Dilute Interventionism’ as a Legal and Regulatory Paradigm 3B Thomas Muinzer (University of Dundee) Energy and the Transition to Sustainability: Exploring Fuel Poverty through the Lens of the ‘Energy Constitution
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Current Energy Law Issues in the UK 4A PANEL Energy Law & Brexit, The Next Steps (with Raphael Heffron, Session Chair)
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 21 EU AND COMPETITION LAW
Convenor: Annette Nordhausen Scholes HARRINGTON 337
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Stephen Dnes (Northeastern University, London) Efficiency modelling in competition law: whether to do it, and if so, how? 1B Marek Martyniszyn (Queen’s University Belfast) Competitive Harm Crossing Borders: Regulatory Gaps and a Way Forward 1C Liran Pang (Durham University) Antitrust Actions Against Big Tech: Suppressing or Preserving Digital Innovation?
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Ernest Enobun (Crestle Zanders Legal Practitioner, Dundee) Re-evaluating the relevance of the ‘essential facilities’ doctrine to gas capacity market access in the third energy package 2B Michael Howard (Bangor University) Proprietary Digital Markets and Anti-Competitive Behaviour: How can EU Competition law respond? 2C PANEL Discussion about the future of the EU Law and Competition Law section
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Mary Guy (Lancaster Law School) Interdisciplinarity in EU and health research – Law and political science approaches to EU health law and policy 3B Tamara Hervey (University of Sheffield) Health Governance after Brexit: law, language and legitimacy 3C Neza Subic (University College Dublin) Taking Social Rights Seriously in the Context of the European Arrest Warrant: a Normative Argument
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Elena Gualco (University of Bedfordshire) From enfants prodiges to enfants terribles – Shaping and dismantling equality through EU general principles 4B Michala Meiselles (University of Derby) Modelling franchise law in the European Union - Should the US model serve as a paradigm for franchise law in the EU? A comparative analysis of franchise law and proposed recommendations for reform of franchise law in the EU 4C PANEL Discussion about the future of the EU Law and Competition Law Section
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Convenor: Dinusha Mendis ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 3
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
New Developments in Copyright Law 1A Ruth Flaherty (University of East Anglia) Pastiche and Article 13: How the Proposed Copyright Directive Undervalues Unauthorised Derivative Works 1B Bukola Faturoti (Robert Gordon University) Copyright Balance in Renckhoff: What happened to the Scale?
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Central Questions in IP Law: The ‘Value’ of IP 2A Olga Gurgula (Brunel University) Strategic patenting in the pharmaceutical industry: a competition law perspective 2B Alison Firth (Emeritus Professor University of Surrey, Visiting Professor QMUL and Newcastle Law School) Keynote
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Insights from Patent Law 3A Emmanuel Oke (University of Edinburgh) When is Intellectual Property an Investment? 3B Patricia Covarrubia (University of Exeter) Compulsory patent licences: afraid or defying? Brazil and the Andean countries practices
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Learning Lessons from UK and CJEU Case Law – IP in Context 4A Jane Cornwell (University of Edinburgh) Lessons from the CJEU’s case law on trade marks and designs: Re-evaluating the Use (and usefulness) of Travaux Préparatoires in the interpretation of EU IP laws 4B Mark Hyland (Bangor University) A critical evaluation of website-blocking injunctions in an IP context
22 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION B INTERNATIONAL LAW ADELPHI TVI
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Practices of Recognition 1A Surabhi Ranganathan (University of Cambridge) Keynote 1B Ralph Wilde (University College London) Organized hypocrisy? Recognition of states and governments, and international human rights obligations 1C Niko Pavlopoulos (University College London) The International Legal Framework for Identifying the Government of a State
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Human Rights and International Criminal Law 2A Rossana Deplano (University of Leicester) Is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Customary International Law? Rethinking the Relationship between National and International Law 2B Caleb H Wheeler (Middlesex University) Can International Criminal Trials Achieve their Goals? 2C Alessandra Cuppini (University of Strathclyde) A restorative response to victims in proceedings before the International Criminal Court. Can restorative justice fully achieve the purposes of victims’ participation as well as the goals ascribed to the ICC?
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law 3A Asli Ozcelik-Olcay (University of Glasgow) Human Rights as a Framework for Negotiated Peace: Whose Peace? Which Human Rights? 3B Benjamin Thorne (University of Sussex) Legal Witnessing and Mass Human Rights Violations: Remembering Atrocities 3C Anna Marie Brennan (University of Waikato) Utilizing the International Criminal Court as a Mechanism to Prosecute Collective Entities: Perspectives from Complexity Theory
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Frameworks of Justice and Rule of Law 4A Oisin Suttle (Queens University Belfast) Authority and Interpretation in Investment Protection: Reasons, Rationality and Social Justice 4B Esmé Shirlow (Australian National University) International Articulations of the Rule of Law: Deference to Domestic Decision-Making in International Adjudication 4C Akbar Rasulov (University of Glasgow) Keynote
LABOUR LAW
Convenors: Michelle Weldon-Jones & Natalia Delgado HARRINGTON 301
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Stephen Hardy (Coventry University) Demise of the high street and the reframing labour law fit for the gig economy 1B Desmond Ryan (Trinity College Dublin) The Uber worker status litigation in the Court of Appeal and the introduction of “broader considerations”: A critical analysis Chair: Natalia Delgado
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Michelle Weldon-Johns (Abertay University) EU work-family policies revisited – finally challenging caring roles? 2B Alex Patrick (University of Southampton) The potential and the missed opportunity of mandatory equal pay auditing 2C Eddie Keane (University of Limerick) De-Politicising Industrial Relations in the Irish Public Service
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Rebecca Jiggens (University of Leeds) Disability, Justice and the Gig Economy 3B Hannah Saunders (Durham University) Disfigurement: A visibly different approach to equality? 3C Katja Karjalainen and Marjo Ylhäinen (University of Eastern Finland) On the Obligation to Provide Reasonable Accommodations
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Esther Adebiyi (Leeds Beckett University) The Impact Human Resources Practices Have on Discrimination: A Study of the Lagos State Private Sector 4B Natalie Sedacca (UCL) Migrant domestic workers and the right to work 4C James Murphie (Faculty of Advocates) Having Your Cake and Eating It!
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 23 LEGAL HISTORY
Convenor: Gwen Seabourne ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 4
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Cerian Griffiths (Lancaster University) The Royal Navy and Eighteenth-Century Fraud Prosecution 1B Ruth Lamont (University of Manchester) The Changing Status of the Victim in the Criminal Trial: Autonomy or Authority?
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
2A Maebh Harding (University of Warwick) Keynote: Victorian family law/modern Irish implications 2B Geoffrey Samuel (Kent Law School, Canterbury) Historiography and Legal History: What Has Legal History Been?
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
3A Kate Leader (University of York) From the Beargardens to the County Court: Inventing the Litigant in Person 3B John Picton (University of Liverpool) Donor Intention and Shifting Policy Frames
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
4A Jonathan Brown (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen) Historical Perspectives on Slavery in 21st Century Scotland 4B Rebecca Shaw (University of Bristol, University of Exeter) The leges Iuliae and its narratological blueprint 4C Daniel Herron (Miami University) Hayek’s Theory of Spontaneous Order and the Normative Development of the Free Market and Common Law
MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS LAW
Convenor: Gavin Sutter GREENBANK 273
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM The Chilling Effect Returns 1A Audrey Guinchard (University of Essex) Information leaks in light of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and Article 10 ECHR: proposal for a public interest defence for journalists and whistle-blowers to protect established newsgathering practices 1B David Acheson (University of Kent) The Digital Defamation Damages Dilemma
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
The Rise of the News-generating Machines 2A Paolo Cavaliere (University of Edinburgh) Reframing Truth and Harm in the Era of Disinformation – fake news 2B Anette Alén-Savikko (University of Helsinki) “The Emperor’s New Clothes” –Notes on Transparency in News Automation
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Renationalising Management of Cyberspace? 3A Irini Katsirea (University of Sheffield) Keynote: From the ‘right to be forgotten’ to the German Network Enforcement Act: Are private platforms fit to act as the guardians of free speech? 3B Päivi Korpisaari (University of Helsinki) Freedom of Expression and Web site Administrator´s Liability for Offensive Content in Social Media
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Roundtable Discussion Regulating Media in the Online Context
24 @SLSPreston2019 #SLSPreston19 SECTION B MEDICAL LAW
Convenors: Isra Black & Tracey Elliot ADELPHI CONF RM AB226
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Younger subjects and objects of health law 1A Emma Cave (Durham University) and Craig Purshouse (Leeds University) Keynote: ‘Information disclosure post-Montgomery: What about the children?’ 1B Semande Ayihongbe (Newcastle University) The Juvenile Cyborg: Who owns a medical implant in the body of a child?
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Practical ethics 2A Caterina Milo (Durham University) Abortion: a question of choice? Proposing a model of authentic autonomy in the UK abortion context 2B Clayton Ó Néill (Queen’s University Belfast) Dementia and Patient safety: A Gewirthian Analysis 2C Shaun Pattinson (Durham University) Bioethics by Committee
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM
Health law and technology 3A Yuanqiong Hu (Durham University) Common Heritage, Intergenerational Justice or Others? Revisiting Legal Principles in the era of Human Genome Editing 3B Morgan Shimwell (Nottingham Trent University) “Virtual Legality”: How Medicines Online Disrupt the Law
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
The MCA 2005: doctrine, concepts, norms 4A Suzanne Doyle Guilloud, Judy Laing, Sheelagh McGuinness (Bristol University) The development of the concept of “best interests” in adult healthcare decision-making in England and Wales 4B Camilla Kong (ICPR), Penny Cooper (ICPR) An Aide Memoire for a Balancing Act? Evaluating the “Balance Sheet” Approach to Best Interests Decision-Making 4C John Coggon (Bristol University), Mikey Dunn (University of Oxford) From Best Interests to Better Interests? Values, Unwisdom, and Objectivity in Mental Capacity Law
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Convenor: David Marrani HARRINGTON 308
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
Jurisprudence 1A Daniel Weston (University of Leicester) Hate Speech as Action in Free Speech Theory: A Critique of the Application of Speech Acts to Hate Speech 1B John Magyar (University of Cambridge) An Epistemological Justification of Doctrinal Legal Research Methodology
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM
Civil Liberties 2A Benedict Douglas (Durham University) What has love got to do with it? 2B Lovleen Bhullar (University of Edinburgh) Realising rights, ensuring human dignity: the Indian experience in water pollution cases
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 25 PRACTICE, PROFESSION & ETHICS
Convenor: Graham Ferris GREENBANK LECTURE THEATRE
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Andrew Francis (University of Leeds) Keynote: Arenas of Professionalism Revised: Legal Education and Professional Practice 1B Joanne Urmston (University of Chester) SQE: Where are the ethics?
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM 2A Karen Richmond (University of Strathclyde) Measuring Justice: neo-Wigmorean quantitative analysis of evidential narratives 2B Trevor Clarke (UCL Laws) Understanding Contextual Pressures on the Professionalism of Corporate lawyers: A Review of the Existing Empirical Literature
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM 3A Michael Webster (University of Warwick) Challenging Rationalistic Models of Lawyer Decision Making – the Role of Self-view, Parallel Influences and Post-Rationalisation of behaviour 3B Elspeth Berry (Nottingham Trent University) Partnership structures: used or abused? 3C David Sixsmith (University of Sunderland) A Briggs over Troubled Water: Is the Civil Courts Structure Review a Realistic Solution for Litigants in Person?
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 4A Natalie Wortley (Northumbria University) Unfitness to plead and the court appointed advocate 4B Eleanor Rowan (University of Birmingham) How Independent is Independent Legal Advice? 4C Kieran Lee Marshall (King’s College London) Making Regulation and liability Matter: Rethinking the Qualifying and Professional Education Reforms in law
PROPERTY & TRUSTS
Convenor: Martin George ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 5 SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 1A Duncan Sheehan (Leeds University) Fiduciary Relations: Their Scope and Remedies 1B Joyman Lee (UCL) The Irreducible Core of Trustee Duties in English and Asian Civil Law Trusts 1C Rachel Leow (National University of Singapore) Proper Purposes
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM 2A Man Yip (Singapore Management University) The Many Different Types of Family Home Disputes: A Comparative Review 2B Victoria Ball (Leicester University) ‘Loss as a necessary and sufficient criterion of eligibility to sue’ in the Property Torts 2C Louise Glover (Sheffield University) The limits of private (property) law: when, why and how to regulate? A comparative study of the real and virtual spaces that we occupy: mortgages, leases and data
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM 3A Hamish Dempster (Victoria University) Options to purchase real estate and equitable interests 3B Peter Devonshire (Auckland University) Re-Examining The Siskina Doctrine: Recent Developments
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 4A Neil Maddox (Maynooth University) The Homicidal Joint Tenant 4B Sue Farran (Northumbria University) Are environmental charities getting their feet wet when they lobby for marine protected areas? 4C Richard Hedlund (Lincoln University) The end to testamentary freedom – a critical reassessment of the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938
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Convenors: Niamh Connolly & David Salmons HARRINGTON 333
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM
1A Matthew Harrington (Université de Montréal) Good Conscience and the Constructive Trust 1B Andrew Burrows (University of Oxford) In Defence of Unjust Enrichment
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM 2A Craig Rotherham (Nottingham University) Understanding Negotiating Damages: Restitution for Wrongs after One-Step (Support) v Morris-Garner 2B Catherine de Contreras (Durham University) Restitutionary remedies: what does Equity add? 2C Timothy Liau (University of Oxford) Revisiting Re Diplock in ITC’s aftermath: Rights, Standing, and ‘at the expense of’
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM 3A Adam Reilly (Coventry University) Categorising Equitable Rescission: Rights, Remedies and Unjust Enrichment 3B Manuel González (University of Oxford) The law of restitution, illegality and confiscation of proceeds of crime
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 4A Martin Fischer (University College London) Mistake as a Failure of Rationality 4B James Lee (KCL) Property, Unjust Enrichment and Reality
TAX LAW ADELPHI LECTURE THEATRE 2 Convenors: Anzhela Cedelle & Stephen Daly
SESSION 1: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 1A Guilherme Navarro (Lisbon University) Brazil’s Entrance in the OECD and the Consequences at the Level of Brazilian Indirect Taxation 1B Tu Tran (University of Leeds) Tax Evasion of Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Developing Countries: A Behavioural Law and Economics Approach 1C Ranjana Gupta (Auckland University) The Case for Tax in Democracy
SESSION 2: THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 16.00PM – 17.30PM 2A Katherine Cousins (University of Sheffield) The Reintroduction of the Income Tax Revisited: Business interests and the importance of acquiescence 2B John McLaren (University of Tasmania) The US and Australia now have a low-income tax clinic program: Should the UK consider the merits of adopting a similar scheme? 2C Melissa Elechiguerra (KCL) A multidisciplinary approach to the Protection of Taxpayers’ Rights in Europe: Under the exchange of information perspective
SESSION 3: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 09.00AM – 10.30AM 3A Stephen Daly (King’s College London) Priority-setting in tax administration 3B Bronwyn McCredie & Kerrie Sadiq (Queensland University) Redistributing Tax to Address Inequality Propagated by Automation 3C Vincent Ooi (Singapore Management University) The Definition of Employment in the “Gig” and “Platform” Economy: Tax Law and Labour Law Perspectives
SESSION 4: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 11.00AM – 12.30PM 4A SMichelle Markham (Bond University) Are Advance Pricing Agreements the optimal controversy management tool in the post-BEPS era? 4B Amy Lawton (Lancaster University) Tax with a Capital ‘T’: Understanding the Concept of a Taxn
SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 27 PUBLISHERS’ EXHIBITION
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Oxford University Press HART Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing Clare Weaver Sinead Moloney Miss Iram Satti Oxford University Press Hart Publishing, Kemp House The Lypiatts Great Clarendon Street Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill 15 Lansdown Road Oxford, OX2 6DP Oxford, OX2 9PH Cheltenham, GL50 2JA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01865 556767 01865 598648 01242 226934 www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/law www.hartpublishing.co.uk www.e-elgar.com
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SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS 2019 31 Society of Legal Scholars 111th Annual Conference University of Exeter
The 111th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars will be held at the University of Exeter, from the afternoon of Tuesday 1st September until lunchtime on Friday 4th September 2020.
In a departure from tradition, we will not be The campus is just a 10-minute walk from the main adopting a theme for the 2020 conference. station, Exeter St David’s, from where there are regular This is to enable as wide a range of legal and direct services to London and Birmingham. scholarship as possible to be presented There is also a regular bus service to Exeter airport, and discussed in the subject sections. with direct flights from London City, Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, In a further change to the usual order, instead Manchester, Newcastle, and Norwich. For those of holding a separate PhD conference we will be planning to drive, Exeter is linked by the M5 to the replacing one of the plenaries with a special session Midlands and South Wales, and by the M5/M4 and for PhD students to present their work. The aim is to the A303/M3 to London and the Southeast. bring PhD students into the heart of the conference, and all delegates will be encouraged to attend and The campus is only a 20-minute walk from Exeter city support those at the start of their academic careers. centre. For anybody wanting to take some time out PhD students are of course also very welcome to to explore this beautiful and historic city, there will submit papers to any of the existing sections. be a legal-themed walk and a trip to the cathedral. And for the particularly energetic there will be a run/ All of the venues will be situated on the university’s jog along the River Exe and its historic quayside. Streatham campus. This is an attractive 300-acre estate overlooking the city, with excellent facilities Further information about the 2020 conference will and plenty of green places to explore. The plenaries, be available on the conference website in due course, publishers’ exhibition, and subject sections will be and registration will open in May 2020. I very much held in the Forum, a wonderful space that allows look forward to welcoming you to Exeter next year! plenty of scope for social interaction (and which featured in ITV’s Broadchurch). Reasonably priced Rebecca Probert accommodation will be available close at hand in Professor of Law Holland Hall, which has stunning views of the Exe valley. University of Exeter Social events will also be held on campus, to ensure Vice-President, Society of Legal Scholars that they are as accessible as possible to all. There will be a reception and barbecue on the Tuesday evening, c/o Mosaic Events Ltd, Tower House, dinner in the Great Hall on the Wednesday, and a quiz Mill Lane, Off Askham Fields Lane, with a fish-and-chips supper on the Thursday. And of Askham Bryan, York, YO23 3FS course, no trip to Exeter would be complete without a 01904 702165 traditional Devon cream tea (cream first, jam second!). [email protected]