Online webinar

Speaker: Professor Sir Roy Goode (University of Oxford) Chair: Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) Resources to accompany the webinar: The Cape Town Convention and Pretoria Protocol, Notes accompanying a lecture by Professor Sir Roy Goode QC Pretoria Protocol Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment...

Speaker: Professor Mark Roe (Harvard Law School) Chair: Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) Abstract: The notion of stock-market-driven short-termism relentlessly whittling away at the American economy’s foundations is widely accepted and highly salient. Presidential candidates state as much. Senators introduce bills...

Speaker: Professor Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the commissioned project completed for the European Commission in April 2020. Combining an in-depth legal analysis with empirical data drawn from interviews with 40+ industry stakeholders, the talk will draw on...

Speaker: João Pedro Quintais, University of Amsterdam Abstract: This presentation addresses the hottest topic in EU copyright law and policy: Article 17 of the new Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive (2019/790). The CDSM Directive is the culmination of a controversial political and legislative process...

Speaker: Dr Reuben Binns, University of Oxford Abstract: Reuben's presentation will be based on joint work with Dr Michael Veale, UCL Faculty of Laws. 'Article 22 of the GDPR contains provisions which restrict the use of automated decision making systems where they are 'solely automated' and have 'legal or similarly...

Speaker: Dr Ilanah Fhima, University College London Abstract: In 2011 the Max Planck Institute published a major report into the functioning of the European trade mark system, commissioned by the European Commission. Its mandate was to 'analyse current performances and to identify potential areas for improvement...

Speaker: David Gauke Biography: David Gauke is a British former politician and solicitor who was the Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May, most notably as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2018 to 2019. Zoom Link: Register...

The 2020 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture on the topic 'Government by decree - Covid-19 and the Constitution' will be delivered online by Lord Jonathan Sumption on 27 October 2020 at 6.00pm. The disputes over Brexit last year saw an attempt to make the executive, not Parliament, the prime source of authority in the...

The Centre for European Legal Studies is partnering with Monckton Chambers for the 'Monckton-Faculty of Law Webinar Series on EU Relations Law'. For both the EU and the UK, protection of their autonomy has defined the terms of their mandates for the negotiations. For the EU, protecting its autonomy means that a zero quotas...

The Centre for European Legal Studies is partnering with Monckton Chambers for the 'Monckton-Faculty of Law Webinar Series on EU Relations Law'. As the UK moves towards the end of the transition period, Brexit will become less about the UK’s departure from the EU and more about its future relationship with the EU and with...