Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellows Seminars: 'Lord Carnwath - Privacy International'

This year, the faculty is organising three seminars on key public law cases, given by three of our Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellows – Lord Carnwath, Lady Hale, and Lord Lloyd-Jones.

The first of these seminars will take place on Wednesday 16 November, at 5pm in LG19. It will be given by Lord Carnwath, looking at the Privacy International case. Lord Carnwath gave the leading judgment of the majority in the case. We will also talk about the impact of the new ouster clause found in section 2 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022. Lord Carnwath will first talk about his judgment in this case and the new legislation, with a brief response from me, before we open the floor open to questions.

The talk will be followed by a drinks reception in the foyer of the law faculty, sponsored this term by the Centre for Public Law.

All students and faculty members are welcome. The case is on the reading list for Constitutional law and Administrative law – so students studying these courses may find this particularly interesting and useful. LLM and PhD students are also very welcome to attend. Privacy International is the main case in English law on ouster clauses – clauses which remove judicial review. It would be fascinating to hear from our wonderful international law graduate community about how similar clause are treated in their legal systems.