The UCL Laws events programme reflects the diversity of teaching and research offered by the Faculty, with a regular selection of lively seminars, lectures, debates and conferences on a wide variety of engaging legal topics. Many of the events are accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board, and IP Reg for CPD credit. The majority of our events are free and open to everyone - unless otherwise stated.

• July 2013

July 2013

Curent Legal Issues Colloquium
Law and Michael Freeman

Monday 1 & Tuesay 2 July 2013

The themes of the Colloquium will encompass children's rights, corporal punishment of children, family and child law generally, medical ethics and the law, jurisprudence, Jewish law and legal systems/legal pluralism, all areas of research to which Michael has made significant contributions. Leading international scholars and practitioners from each of these areas will be presenting their current work and some are reflecting specifically upon Michael's contributions to the field. Michael freeman will also give the keynote lecture on the evening of the first day of the colloquium, on 'Rethinking Children's Rights', chaired by Baroness Hale of Richmond

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Public Lecture in the Law and Michael Freeman Colloquium
Rethinking Children's Rights

Monday 1 July 2013 at 6pm

The UNCRC is nearly a quarter of a century old. Have we invested too much hope in it? An audit would show that children's lives have not got noticeably better. Professor Freeman will ask Is it because the Convention is not good enough?; Is it because the rights approach is the wrong way to tackle the ills of childhood?; Or is it because the UNCRC is another strategy to control and regulate children? Professor Freeman will suggest that all three answers are both right and wrong.

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UCL Bentham Project - Bentham and Colombia
The Influence of Bentham on Colombia during the 19th Century

Thursday 11 July 2013 at 2pm

Professor Ramírez will discuss the topic of Bentham and Colombia in two distinct ways. His first seminar will concentrate on Bentham's influence on Colombia during the 19th Century. In his second seminar he will explore how this influence can be taught through new approaches and methods, such as via the use of Internet resources.

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UCL Current Legal Problems Lecture
The Achilleas: Forsaking Foreseeability

Thursday 11 July 2013 at 6pm

In The Achilleas, the House of Lords gave the most recent interpretation of Hadley v. Baxendale and the limits on the recovery of consequential damages. Lord Hoffmann rejected the emphasis on foreseeability and “the requisite degree of probability of loss,” proposing instead on the tacit assumption of the parties. This paper provides a theoretical framework for ascertaining the tacit assumption and applies it to the particular facts of The Achilleas.

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UCL Bentham Project - Bentham and Colombia
Teaching the influence of Bentham on Colombia through new technologies and Internet resources.

Thursday 18 July 2013 at 2pm

Professor Ramírez will discuss the topic of Bentham and Colombia in two distinct ways. His first seminar will concentrate on Bentham's influence on Colombia during the 19th Century. In his second seminar he will explore how this influence can be taught through new approaches and methods, such as via the use of Internet resources.

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UCL Centre for Criminal Law with Old Bailey Chambers
Expert Evidence

Thursday 25 July 2013 at 6pm

This event will cover an update of the law of expert evidence, including admissibility, duties of an expert witness and current controversies, as well as a case-study of psychiatric evidence relating to partial defence of murder.

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