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Recent Papers:


Consultation and Legitimate Expectations
Clive Sheldon QC - 18 January 2012

Consultation and Legitimate Expectations
Dan Kolinsky - 18 January 2012

Preliminary procedural issues
Nigel Giffin QC - 13 October 2011 (ALBA Introduction to Judicial Review 2011)

Preparing a case for judicial review
Jenni Richards QC- 20 October 2011(ALBA Introduction to Judicial Review 2011)

Application for permission and the Defendant’s response
Clive Sheldon QC - 03 November 2011 (ALBA Introduction to Judicial Review 2011)

Preparing and conducting the substantive hearing
Martin Westgate QC - 10 November 2011(ALBA Introduction to Judicial Review 2011)

On Not Treating People as Statistics, Or Statistics as People: Some Reflections on Direct and Indirect Discrimination
Lord Walker - 01 November 2011

Proportionality - The Need For Evidence
Gerry Facenna - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Reverse burdens of proof: the golden thread in Article 101(3) TFEU
Vivien Rose - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

The Protection of human rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Mr Justice Blake - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Two Dogmas of Proportionality (With Apologies To W.V. Quine)
Richard Gordon QC - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Transparency in Public Procurement
Oliver Jones - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Transparency: A Domestic Law Principle? A General Principle in Support of Effective Enforcement?
Nigel Giffin - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Marie Demetriou - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Article 14 and EU concepts of discrimination
Lord Justice Elias - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Proportionality
Lord Justice Burnton - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Equality and Non-Discrimination
Karon Monaghan QC - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Is There a General Principle Requiring Transparency about How Decisions Will Be Taken?
John Howell - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Bias
Holly Stout - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Evanna Fruithof's Brussels office update
Evanna Fruithof - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

The principle of effective protection: Reaching those parts other [principles] cannot reach?
Deok Joo Rhee - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Is International Law A Part Of The Law Of England?
David Lloyd Jones - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

International Law in the ECJ and domestic courts - Kadi: Some Background
Daniel Beard QC - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)

Legitimate Expectations Revisited
Christopher Forsyth - 29 May 2011 (ALBA Summer Conference 2011)




Past Papers:

Public International Law and the Administrative Court
Sam Wordsworth - 04 April 2011

The Equality Duty
The Hon. Mr Justice Sales - 13 December 2010

Preparing and conducting the substantive hearing
Martin Westgate QC - 28 October 2010

Preparing a case for judicial review
Gordon Nardell QC & Jenni Richards- 14 October 2010

The application for permission and the Defendant's response
Clive Sheldon - 14 October 2010

Preliminary procedural issues
Nigel Giffin QC - 06 October 2010

ALBA 8th Annual Human Rights Act Seminar
Alex Bailin QC - 05 October 2010

Remedies in Judicial Review Proceedings for Breaches of EU Law
Gregory Jones - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on public law
Jemima Stratford QC - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

Impact of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Marie Demetriou - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

The Law Officers and Legislative Procedure
Solicitor General Edward Garnier QC MP - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

The Human Rights Act: The Ugly, The Bad and the Good
Richard Clayton QC - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

The Human Rights Act: The Ugly, The Bad and the Good
Hugh Tomlinson QC - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

The Forbidden Process Element in Human Rights Review
Dr Tom Hickman (Chapter 8: Public Law after the Human Rights Act (Hart, 2010) - ALBA Summer Conference 2010

Preparing and conducting the substantive hearing
Martin Westgate - 25 May 2010


Application for Permission
Clive Sheldon - 17 May 2010

Preparing a case for judicial review
Jenni Richards - 10 May 2010

Preliminary procedural issues
Nigel Giffin QC - 04 May 2010

Myth and Reality - An Insider-s View to Statutory Interpretation
Paul Stinchcombe - 27 April 2010

Article 8 and ‘private life’: the protean right
Paul Bowen - 02 March 2010

Privacy - The swinging pendulum
Richard Spearman QC - 02 March 2010

Social Clauses, Rüffert, and the Equality Bill
Christopher McCrudden - 01 December 2009

Women and children last? Gender, Childhood and Migration
Lady Hale - 18 November 2009

Human Rights in the last year
James Eadie QC - 01 October 2009

Disclosure in Judicial review
James Maurici - 24 July 2009

A1P1, EC Law, the right to pursue a trade, business or profession
Tom de la Mare - 24 July 2009

Property Rights and he ECHR the Role of Procedural Protection: Outline
Javan Herberg - 24 July 2009

The development of constitutional law - Assistance to be derived from the written constitutions of countries in the Commonwealth
James Dingemans QC - 30 June 2009

Death penalty
Edward Fitzgerald QC - 30 June 2009

EU Legislation
Daniel Denman - 03 December 2008

EU public law – Inspiration or anachronism?
David Anderson QC - 03 December 2008

Judicial Review - Preliminary Procedural Issues
Nigel Giffin QC - 24 November 2009

Judicial Review - The Application for Permission
Clive Sheldon - 24 November 2009

Judicial Review - Procedure Following the Grant of Permission and the Substantive Hearing
Martin Westgate - 17 November 2008

Candour and Disclosure in Claims for Judicial Review
Oliver Sanders - 27 July 2008

Administrative Redress: Public Bodies and the Citizen
Kenneth Parker QC - 27 July 2008

Procedural Aspects of Convention Rights
Jessica Simor - 26 July 2008

The Scope of Article 8
Richard Gordon QC - 26 July 2008

Resiling from Legitimate Expectations
Jonathan Moffett - 26 July 2008

Modern Public Inquiries
Nigel Giffin QC

Using International Law in Domestic Administrative Law
Shaheed Fatima

Constitutional Reform - Implementing the Governance of Britain Agenda
Professor Andrew Le Sueur

Constitutional Reform - The Governance of Britain: the right approach?
Professor Dawn Oliver

The Changing Judicial Role: Human Rights, Community Law and the Intention of Parliament
Lady Justice Arden

Judicial Review - Procedure Following the Grant of Permission and the Substantive Hearing
Martin Westgate

Judicial Review - The Application for Permission
Clive Sheldon

Judicial Review - Preliminary Procedural Issues
Nigel Giffin QC

Human Rights Act 1998 - The Seven Year Itch
Keir Starmer QC

Interim Applications in Judicial Review
Nathalie Lieven QC - 29 July 2007

Advising in Consultation
Michael Fordham QC - 28 July 2007

The Modern Approach to Bias
James Maurici - 28 July 2007

The Declaratory Theory of the Common Law - from Fairytale to Nightmare
Richard McManus QC - 28 July 2007

Regulatory Judicial Review: the Impact of Competition Law
Thomas de la Mare - 25 June 2007

Practice and Procedure in the Administrative Court
Helen Mountfield - 13 March 2007

Damages Claims Against Public Authorities: Intentional Torts
Heather Williams QC - 31 January 2007

Damages Claims Against Public Authorities: Misfeasance in Public Office
Duncan Fairgrieve - 31 January 2007

Statutory Equality Duties and the Public Law Courts
John Halford - 12 December 2006

Challenging Public Authority Decision Making and Dicrimination Law
Karon Monaghan - 12 December 2006

Judicial Review: Interim Relief - Making the Most of the Administrative Court
Clive Sheldon - 28 November 2006

Occam's Razor, Administrative Law and Human Rights
Mr Justice Stanley Burnton - 21 November 2006

Judicial Review: Preliminary Procedural Issues
Nigel Giffin QC - 7 November 2006

Judicial Review: the Human Rights Act
Richard Clayton QC - 24 October 2006

The Human Rights Act: Now We Are Six - General Principles: Where Are We Now?
Richard Clayton QC - 2 October 2006

The Human Rights Act: Now We Are Six - Case Law on Convention Rights
Hugh Tomlinson QC - 2 October 2006

Separation of Powers and the Judicial Branch
Professor Cheryl Saunders - 29 July 2006

Judicial Review in Action
Professor Maurice Sunkin - 29 July 2006

Restitution from Public Authorities: Past, Present and Future
Graham Virgo - 30 July 2006

Procedural Update
Paul Brown - 29 July 2006

Hypothetical, Academic and Premature Challenges
David Elvin QC - 29 July 2006

Abuse of Rights in EU Law
David Anderson QC - 29 July 2006

The Interface between Community and Administrative Law: Environmental Law
Richard Harwood - 29 July 2006

The Role of Damages in Public Law
Kenneth Parker QC - 30 July 2006

Administrative Decision-making and Deference in U.S. Telecoms Law and Policy
Professor Michael Epstein - 30 July 2006

Standards of Review of Administrative Decision-making and the Role of Deference in Australian Public Law
Lisa Busch - 30 July 2006

Positive Obligations under the ECHR
Ben Emmerson QC - 26 June 2006

Contemporary Developments in the Strasbourg Court's Jurisprudence Regarding Positive Obligations
Professor Alastair Mowbray - 26 June 2006

The Judicial Interpretation of Policies Promulgated by the Executive
Nicholas Blake QC - 16 May 2006

Legitimate Expectations
Philip Sales - 7 March 2006

Reflections on Abdi & Nadarajah
The Place of Abuse of Power and Proportionality in Substantive Legitimate Expectation Cases
Mark Elliot - 7 March 2006

Has the Human Rights Act Made Judicial Review Redundant?
ALBA Annual Lecture 2005
Lord Woolf - November 2005

Public Authorities and the Human Rights Act
Richard Drabble QC - July 2005
[2006] JR 38

Pepper v Hart: where are we, how did we get there and where are we going?
Elisabeth Laing - July 2005
[2006] JR 44

Article 6 and Common Law Fairness
Martin Westgate - July 2005

Procedural Due Process, Human Rights and the Added Value of the Right to a Fair Trial
Jonathan Cooper - July 2005
[2006] JR 78

Principles for Judicial Deference
Richard Clayton QC - July 2005
[2006] JR 109

Our New Supreme Court: Any Lessons from the US?
Judge Pollak

Freedom of Information: Hide & Seek
Philip Coppel - 20 January 2005

Deference: A Tangled Story
2004 Judicial Studies Board Lecture
Rt. Hon. Lord Steyn - 25 November 2004

The Judiciary in the New Constitution
ALBA Annual Lecture 2004
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Keene - 10 November 2004.

The Rise and Ruin of Unreasonableness
Professor Andrew Le Sueur - 2004

Access to Information in Public Law Cases
Philip Coppel - July 2004

Suing the House of Lords: Career Suicide or Community Law Right?
Mark Hoskins - July 2004

Equality: The Neglected Virtue
ALBA Annual Lecture 2003
Rabinder Singh QC - 26 November 2003.

Guantanamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole
27th FA Mann Lecture
Rt. Hon. Lord Steyn - 25 November 2003

The South African Constitutional Court  
Mr Justice Albie Sachs - 11 March 2003.

The Human Rights Act - 2 Years On
Richard Clayton QC - 2 October 2002

Liberty
Sir Nicholas Phillips MR - 29 November 2001

The Human Rights Act: One Year On - The Domestic Article 6 Jurisprudence
Philip Sales - 2 October 2001

The Human Rights Act: One Year On - General Principles
Richard Clayton - 2 October 2001

Habeas Corpus - a New Chapter
ALBA Annual Lecture 1999
Lord Justice Simon Brown - 23 November 1999

 


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