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| Title | ALBA Summer Conference 2005: Key Concepts in Public Law |
| Date | 29 - 31 July 2005 |
| Venue | St John's College, Cambridge |
| CPD | 6 (Bar Council and Law Society) |
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| The ALBA Summer Conference 2005: Key
Concepts in Public Law featured a keynote speech on Judicial Deference
delivered by Richard Clayton QC, with Lord Justice Keene chairing.
Elisabeth Laing addressed the audience on Pepper v Hart and Tom de la
Mare examined Section 3 HRA and the principle of legality
during a session chaired by Mr Justice Elias on Statutory
Construction. Other highlights included a session chaired by Shami Chakrabarti where Martin Westgate
examined the impact of Article 6 HRA and Jonathan Cooper addressed
what the scope was for development of common law fairness. In a session chaired
by Mr Justice Stanley Burnton, Richard Drabble QC spoke on the subject
of quasi public authorities, and Andrew Lidbetter dealt with the topic
of public bodies and contracted out services. The academic programme finished with a panel discussion
on Terrorism and Human Rights chaired by Mr Justice Ouseley which saw
contributions from Mr Justice Beatson, Tim Eicke and Professor David
Feldman. |
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| The ALBA Summer Conference is held annually at St John's College, Cambridge. It brings together practitioners, academics and others with an interest in Public Law for a series of sessions on topical issues within the sphere of Constitutional and Administrative Law. It is organised by Richard Clayton QC, Jonathan Auburn, Vikram Sachdeva and Julie Albrektsen. | |
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