FACULTY OF LAW THE CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES AT 20 BONAVERO INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 10 JUNE 2019 02 Introduction The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, the We look forward to welcoming you on 10 June 2019. Oxford Law Faculty and Mansfield College are For details on sessions times, and directions to Mansfield College, delighted to be hosting The Civil Procedures at please consult the conference website and brochure, which is available online at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/ 20 Conference, to mark the twentieth civil-procedure-rules-20-anniversary-conference. anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rules coming The conference is generously supported by Herbert Smith Freehills into force. The conference will consist of (HSF), and we would like to formally thank HSF for the invaluable presentations and discussions on a range of financial, design and logistical support they have provided. procedural topics, covering both private and If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to email public law, from distinguished judges, us at
[email protected] practitioners and academics. Biographical details Yours Sincerely, of participating chairs, panellists and speakers are set out below, and in the case of speakers, presentation titles and abstracts have also been included where possible. Andrew Higgins Associate Professor of Civil Procedure Faculty of Law and Mansfield College University of Oxford 03 Presenter Biographies and Abstracts Welcome Professor Anne Davies Anne Davies is the Dean of the Oxford Law Faculty and Professor of Law and Public Policy. Dean, Faculty of Law, She was a Prize Fellow at All Souls College from 1995 to 2001, and the Garrick Fellow and Tutor University of Oxford in Law at Brasenose College from 2001 to 2015, and remains a professorial fellow of Brasenose College.