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When Homer nods: How courts respond to mistakes in legislation

20 November 2024, 6:00 pm–7:15 pm

Lady Justice Rose

The Annual Renton Lecture by the Statute Law Society

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Open to

All

Organiser

UCL Laws Events

Location

Denys Holland Lecture Theatre, UCL Laws
Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens
London
WC1H 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.

Join the Statute Law Society

The Statute Law Society is a charity which aims to promote knowledge and understanding about legislation and the legislative process. Join via www.statutelawsociety.co.uk

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