Away Day: Reflections on Brexit and Environmental Law

The UCL Centre for Law and the Environment presents an Away Day for students and alumni on the topic Reflections on Brexit and Environmental Law. The virtual event is invitation only, but interested UCL staff, students, and alumni who would like to attend should email Prof. Maria Lee.

The Centre for Law and Environment was established to provide a focal point for the UCL Faculty of Laws' outstanding expertise and academic strength in the field of the environment and the law.

10.30 Welcome (Prof Maria Lee)

10.35 -11.20 Session 1: Context setting

Chair: Steven Vaughan (UCL Laws)
Uta Staiger, The EU, the UK and Brexit
Maria Lee, Why Brexit matters for UK environmental lawyers

11.30 – 12.45 Session 2: The Environment Act 2021

Chair: Ned Westaway, The Environment Act 2021
Richard Macrory, The Office for Environmental Protection
Eloise Scotford, Post-Brexit UK Environmental Ambition, Environmental Principles and Air Quality

2-3pm Session 3: Brexit, the rule of law and the environment

Chair: Maria Lee
Lord Carnwath, Reviewing judicial review
Tom Burke, Rule of law and climate 

3pm Close