The inaugural Darwin College Erasmus Seminar took place on Wednesday 23 November at 6pm in Darwin College. Professor Catherine Barnard gave her talk on : 'What happens when enforcement doesn’t happen: Brexit, free movement and … Great Yarmouth'. Professor Barnard is Professor of EU Law and Employment Law in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College. Professor Barnard looks at the experiences of EU migrant workers in Great Yarmouth, a declining seaside resort with the fifth hig...
Nov 29, 2022•41 min
The Centre for English Legal History was delighted to host a valedictory lecture by David Ibbetson FBA, Regius Professor of Civil Law on 25th November 2022. The lecture was chaired by Dr Jonathan Morgan, and Professor Ibbetson was introduced by Mr Justice Foxton. While it will come as no surprise to learn that David will continue his research for years to come, this lecture marks his retirement from the Regius Professorship of Civil Law.
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 4
The Faculty of Law is organising in the 2022-23 academic years three seminars on key public law cases, given by three Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellows – Lord Carnwath, Lady Hale, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. The first of these seminars took place on Wednesday 16 November and was given by Lord Carnwath, looking at the Privacy International case. Lord Carnwath gave the leading judgment of the majority in the case. Lord Carnwath and Professor Alison Young talked about the impact of the new ouster clau...
Nov 17, 2022•46 min•Ep. 24
Speaker: Professor Simon Witney (Travers Smith, LSE) The EU and, more recently, the UK have introduced very significant new sustainable finance regulation in recent years, most notably the SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation), the Green Taxonomy and mandatory TCFD (Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) reporting. Simon will explain what these regulations are seeking to achieve, how they apply in private markets and assess whether they are achieving their objectives. Bio...
Nov 16, 2022•51 min
Professor Leslie Thomas KC is a human rights and civil liberties barrister. He has appeared in many high-profile cases representing the families of the deceased (Birmingham Pub Bombing Inquests, Grenfell Inquiry, Azelle Rodney, Mark Duggan, Christopher Alder and Sean Rigg). In 2012 he was awarded Legal Aid Barrister of the Year (LALY) and again in 2016 for his work on the Hillsborough disaster. In 2020 he received the award for Outstanding Contribution to D&I in the UK Chambers Bar Awards. H...
Nov 03, 2022•38 min•Ep. 23
Speaker: Professor Mehrdad Payandeh, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Professor of International Law, European Law, and Public Law at Bucerius Law School Professor Mehrdad Payandeh is Professor of International Law, European Law, and Public Law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. His research is focused on international human rights law, anti-discrimination law as well as general international law and constitutional law and theory. Since 2020, he is also a m...
Nov 02, 2022•26 min•Ep. 22
Speaker: Professor Luca Enriques (University of Oxford) Biography: Luca Enriques is the Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, a Research Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute (where he also chairs the Research Committee and is a member of the board) and a Fellow Academic Member of the European Banking Institute (where he also co-chairs the Fintech Working Group). He has published widely in the fields of comparative corporate law, securities regula...
Oct 11, 2022•34 min
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law....
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 35
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law....
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 35
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law....
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 35
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. **Please note due to technical problems, the audio quality of this interview is very poor** The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 20...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 35
On Monday 13 June, the UK Government published the text of the proposed Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. The Northern Ireland Protocol forms part of the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The Protocol creates a special legal position for Northern Ireland in the light of its particular political circumstances, effectively enabling Northern Ireland to remain within the EU’s Single Market for goods. The UK Government argues that it is necessary to ‘fix’ certain p...
Jun 17, 2022•10 min•Ep. 31
The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Centre for Public Law (CPL) and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) warmly invite you to an online Rapid Response Seminar on the UK Internal Market Bill. The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21 was introduced on 9 September 2020 and contained what observers have called constitutional dynamite and the newspapers described as ‘Britannia waives the rules.’ Ministers have alternatively called it ‘his does break international law i...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 58 min
The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), and the Centre for Public Law (CPL) warmly invite you to an online Rapid Response Seminar on the proposed UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary announced on 17 May that a Bill will be introduced in response to "the grave situation in Northern Ireland", there was a "necessity to act to ensure institutions can be restored as soon as possible". (BBC News) While there is still the preference for a negotiated solution the...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr
Speaker: Professor Carlos Moreiro González, University Carlos III, Madrid Biography: Professor Carlos Moreiro González is Chair in International Law at the University Carlos III in Madrid and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law. Abstract: This talk will focus on some paradoxical legal issues that entail the implementation of Articles 2 and 7 of the TEU. Both provisions lack, in my view, the normative standards which are necessary to preserve the Rule of Law and the Democratic Principle in the EU. In add...
May 20, 2022•34 min
Speaker: Professor Antonio Estella de Noriega, University Carlos III of Madrid Biography: Antonio Estella is Professor of Administrative Law and Jean Monnet Professor "ad personam" of European Economic Governance Law at the Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain). He has been Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law in 2006-2010. He completed his PhD at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy, 1997) with an essay on the principle of subsidiarity, receiving the unanimous compliments...
May 11, 2022•54 min
On Wednesday 19th May 2021 the Cambridge Pro Bono Project hosted Baroness Beeban Kidron. Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE is a Crossbench Peer in the UK House of Lords and Chair of 5Rights Foundation. For 30 years, Baroness Kidron worked as a film director, making TV and film dramas and documentaries in the UK and Hollywood. She is best known for directing an adaption of the novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Baroness Kidron was appointed to the House of Lords,...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 19
On Friday 6 May 2022, Professor David Feldman delivered the 2022 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "White water rafting: The UK's constitutions at a time of stress". The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law...
May 09, 2022•56 min•Ep. 21
Speaker: Professor Colin Scott, University College, Dublin Biography: Colin Scott is Professor of EU Regulation & Governance at University College Dublin, where he currently serves as Vice President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Principal of UCD College of Social Sciences and Law and Dean of Social Sciences. He was previously Dean of Law in UCD and has held academic posts at the University of Warwick, the London School of Economics, the Australian National University and the College of ...
May 04, 2022•43 min
The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) hosted this annual lecture, in which Lord Justice Singh, in conversation with Dr Stephanie Palmer discussed the topic 'The Unity of Law' on 27 April 2022. For more information about the Cambridge Pro Bono Project, see Twitter (https://twitter.com/Cam_ProBono) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CamProBono).
May 04, 2022•47 min•Ep. 18
- Karen Gough (39 Essex Chambers) - 'Have Dispute Adjudication Boards rendered Engineers obsolete?' (13:53) - Rupert Reece (Gide Loyrette Nouel) - 'Are muti-tier dispute resolution clauses more trouble than they are worth?' (45:18) - Ian Gaunt (London Maritime Arbitrators Association) - 'Different strokes: How is shipbuilding arbitration unlike (and sometimes like) other construction arbitration?' (01:04:07) The Cambridge University Arbitration Society (CUArb) hosted the seventh annual Cambridge...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 28 min
- John Mehrzad QC (Barrister, Littleton Chambers) - 'Arbitrator impartiality and lists in sports arbitration' (7:14) - Dr Leanne O'Leary (Senior Lecturer in Law, Edge Hill University) - 'Switching teams mid-match: Should sports arbitration parties be allowed to change their factual position on appeal?' (27:18) - Paul Gilroy QC (Barrister, Littleton Chambers) - 'The Russian anti-doping scandal and the recent CAS decision to reduce WADA’s sanctions: Was the CAS panel too lenient?' (43:20) - Udo On...
Apr 20, 2022•2 hr 7 min
- Kate Cervantes-Knox (DLA Piper) - 'From Achema to Komstroy to PL Holdings: What does the future hold for intra-EU investments?' (10:21) - Belinda McRae (Twenty Essex Chambers) - 'Challenges to investment treaty awards in the English courts' (32:29) - Alvaro Nistal (Arnold & Porter) - 'Protection of foreign investments during armed conflict' (55:52) - Dr Lionel Nichols (CANDEY) - 'Access to justice in investor-state arbitration: Risk and reward in funding and enforcement' (1:17:26) The Camb...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 38 min
- Mo Haque QC (CANDEY) - 'Having your kabab and eating it - Supreme Court decisions of Enka v Chubb and Kabab-Ji - Implied choice of law in international arbitration' (3:15) - Renato Stephan Grion (Pinheiro Neto Advogados) - 'Halliburton v Chubb: Conflicts in arbitral appointments - Recent trends in international commercial arbitration' (24:35) - Hamid Abdulkareem (Three Crowns) - 'Enforcement of ethical standards - Gaps in the edifice' (50:17) The Cambridge University Arbitration Society (CUArb...
Apr 20, 2022•53 min
- Remarks from the Chair: Dr. Nafay Choudhury, Junior Research Fellow, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge - Rebecca Barber, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Queensland - 'The Role of the UN General Assembly in Determining the Legitimacy of Governments' (5:46) - Dr. Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, King’s College London - 'Citizens at the Global Governance Table: The Global Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Emergency and The Making of International Climat...
Apr 14, 2022•2 hr 2 min
- Remarks from the Chair: Ms. Raghavi Viswanath, Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute - Dr. Sophie Duroy, Fellow, KFG Berlin-Potsdam Research Group The International Rule of Law: Rise or Decline?' - 'The Case for a Human Rights Approach to Global Security' (7:45) - Dr. Maxwell Young Joo, Associate Professor, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University - 'The Passion of Global Governance as a Threat to International Law: The Irreversible Precedent of Libya and UNSC Resolution 1973 Legitimizing ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Keynote Address: Ms. Maja Groff (4:35) Chair Remarks: Dr. Markus Gehring, University of Cambridge (0:59) This is a recording from the events of the 11th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference Cambridge International Law Journal, held under the title 'Strengthening Global Governance through International Law: Challenges and Opportunities' on 26 & 27 March 2022 at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see: http://cilj.co...
Apr 13, 2022•57 min
- Remarks from the Chair: Ms. Melina Antoniadis, Public International Lawyer - Nina Herzog, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Leeds - '‘Positive complementarity’ – a threat to ne bis in idem in International Criminal Law?' (2:37) - Pushkar Keshavmurthy, Case Manager, Mumbai Center for International Arbitration / Daniela-Olivia Ghicajanu, LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center - 'Security for Costs in ISDS: Is the UNCITRAL Working Group III Leading to the Predictable Global Governance of ...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 58 min
- Remarks from the Chair: Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Santosh Anand, Assistant Professor of Law, Alliance University, Bangalore, India - 'Modified Continuity: International Criminal Law and the Vision of ‘Ecocide’' (7:44) - Dr. Carlos Soria–Rodriguez, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Jaén - 'Marine Renewable Energy Technologies in the High Seas: Challenges and Opportunities to Strengthen International Enviro...
Apr 13, 2022•2 hr
- Remarks from the Chair: Ms. Ashrutha Rai, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge - Dr. Thanapat Chatinakrob, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand - 'Rethinking the Scope of International Law Regulating Information Operations: Lesson Learned From a Crime of Online Genocide in Myanmar' (7:00) - Yuan Fang: J.S.D Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law - 'The Global Governance of Cyberspace Within the UN Charter Context: Main Issues, Methodology, and the ...
Apr 13, 2022•2 hr 9 min
