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The 2009 Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Lecture on Medico-Legal Studies was delivered by Dr Oliver Quick, of the University of Bristol, and was entitled "Medicine, Mistakes and Manslaughter: A Criminal Combination". The following resources are available from the lecture: Video recording; Audio recording (including Q&A); Powerpoint slides; Transcript.

Now available on this website is the final list of papers to be offered by the Faculty of Law for the B.A. Tripos and LL.M. courses in the 2009 - 2010 academical year. These documents are available by browsing in the Document Repository under the 'Miscellaneous Documents' category, or you can access them via the following links: Tripos; LL.M.;

Many congratulations to Sir Lawrence Collins, Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson and Honorary Fellow of Downing, who has been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He is the first solicitor to have become a Lord of Appeal without practising at the bar, and is appointed shortly before the House of Lords becomes the Supreme Court. More information is avail…

The Squire Law Library will be closed for Easter from 7:00pm on Thursday 9th April until 9:00am on Tuesday 14th April.

The Faculty Building will be closed for Easter from 7:00pm on Thursday 9th April until 9:00am on Tuesday 14th April.

Congratulations to James Crawford on becoming the 36th recipient of the Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award at a ceremony at the end of March. The Award is presented annually by the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law based at the University of Columbia. Each year the Award honours an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field…

At the end of March the position of Chair of the Faculty passed from Professor David Feldman to Professor David Ibbetson, Regius Professor of Civil Law, who has been Deputy Chair for several years. Professor Christine Gray takes up the position of Deputy Chair. A full list of Officers of the Faculty is available in the People section.

It is a pleasure to report that Sir Robin Auld, recently retired from his position as a Lord Justice of Appeal and particularly well known for his extra-judicial contributions to the development of law and policy in criminal procedure and administrative law, has agreed to be the A. L. Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science for 2009-10. Unlike…

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor John Tiley is to be appointed Queen’s Counsel honoris causa. The appointment is made in recognition of his work in developing tax law as an area of academic study through his teaching, research and writing. This is an immense honour for John and fitting recognition of his pre-eminent contributio…

The critically acclaimed Law Faculty website has been functioning since June 2003.  During that time hundreds of thousands of users have visited, and nearly 6,000 documents have been uploaded by academic staff.  This website is now going to be replaced with a much more modern site which offers significant design, accessibility and functionality im…

This is the first time that a woman has been appointed to the post. The Squire Law Library is a dependent library of the UL and  David Wills and his staff congratulate Anne Jarvis on her appointment. They look forward to working with her for the greater good of the Library service. For more information see the UL website.

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an important entry for Professor Sir Bob Hepple has just been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive.  Professor Hepple is an internationally-famous labour lawyer and champion of human rights, whose career spans the historic struggle against Apartheid, the introduction of ant…

Law Taster Day: Saturday 28th February 2009 For prospective mature (over 21) women students Thinking of pursuing a career in Law? This event will give you a taster of legal argument, and what's actually involved in studying Law. Two Law lecturers will introduce you to key issues in their field, and you'll then discuss a particular case, guided by…

Now available on this website is the provisional list of papers to be offered by the Faculty of Law for the B.A. Tripos and LL.M. courses in the 2009 - 2010 academical year. These documents are available by browsing in the Document Repository under the 'Miscellaneous Documents' category, or you can access them via the following links: Tripos; LL.M…

The Eminent Scholars Archive has broadened its horizons to include the incumbent in the Goodhart Visiting Professorhip for Legal Science. Professor Martti Koskenniemi from the University of Helsinki is an eminent international lawyer and during the interview gave some insights into his thinking on the current status and role of international law.…