When Homer nods: How courts respond to mistakes in legislation
20 November 2024, 6:00 pm–7:15 pm
The Annual Renton Lecture by the Statute Law Society
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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UCL Laws Events
Location
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Denys Holland Lecture Theatre, UCL LawsBentham House, Endsleigh GardensLondonWC1H 0EG
The Statute Law Society
Renton Lecture 2024
'When Homer nods: how courts respond to mistakes in legislation'
Lecture to be given by The Right Hon Lady Rose of Colmworth
Chaired by The Hon Mr Justice Garnham
About the speaker
Lady Rose started practising as a barrister in London in 1984 specialising in domestic and European Union Competition Law . After ten years in private practice, she joined the Government Legal Service as an advisory lawyer in central Government. She worked for 5 years in HM Treasury on financial services regulation, then in the Ministry of Defence during the 2003 Iraq war and finally in the Office of Speaker to the House of Commons. She was appointed to a number of part time judicial roles and then in 2013 joined the High Court as a fulltime Judge in the Business and Property Courts. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019 and then to the Supreme Court where she sits today.
Ticket fees
Online and In-person Ticket price: £8
Lectures are free of charge for individal and institutional members of the Statute Law Society (SLS), Governmental Legal Department, and UCL Staff & Students.
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