THE 22ND ANNUAL JUDICIAL REVIEW CONFERENCE

09.00	REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
09.30	CHAIR’S WELCOME Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, Blackstone Chambers
09.40	A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW Key developments concerning Substance Procedure The Human Rights Act Monica Carss-Frisk QC, Blackstone Chambers
10.30	MORNING COFFEE
10.45	JUDICIAL REVIEW OF REGULATORS Standards of review: Mabanaft and T Mobile Procedural fairness after Eisai The use of confidentiality rings Dinah Rose QC, Blackstone Chambers Brian Kennelly, Blackstone Chambers
11.45	JUDICIAL REVIEW IN EUROPEAN COURTS European Judicial Review after Lisbon Recent developments English and European Judicial Review compared David Anderson QC , Brick Court Chambers Maya Lester, Brick Court Chambers
12.45	LUNCH
13.45	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND BEYOND The Right Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General
14.00	AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS [please choose one session from the following three] 1. RETHINKING COSTS IN JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEEDINGS The Jackson proposals – timely ‘cost shifting’ or standing public law on its head? Legal Aid reforms – just how ‘special’ are public law cases? PCOs – a brave new world of public interest litigation? Jessica Boyd, Blackstone Chambers John Halford, Bindmans Chaired by Sir Henry Brooke, Fountain Court 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE EQUALITY ACT An interactive session exploring the new public sector Equality Duty and its likely impact on decision making by public bodies through worked examples. Melanie Field, Head of Equality Bill Team, Government Equalities Office James Maskell, Head of Government Equalities Office Legal, Treasury Solicitor’s Department Chaired by Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC 3. DATA PROTECTION, PRIVACY, FREE SPEECH – MEDIA INTRUSION AND THE STRASBOURG AND DOMESTIC CASE LAW ON PERSONAL PRIVACY This session examines case law developments from both the perspective of a claimant seeking privacy protection and the investigative journalist. DATA PROTECTION Philip Coppel QC, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square PRIVACY Hugh Tomlinson, Matrix Chambers FREE SPEECH Heather Rogers QC, Doughty Street Chambers Chaired by Sir Brian Neill, Retired Court of Appeal Judge
15.50	AFTERNOON TEA
16.05	INTERFACE BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW The increasing uses, and influence, of international law in support of public law challenges Key cases in which international law has had a significant impact Circumstances in which it is and is not permissible to prey international law in aid Principles in determining whether international law can be relied upon directly by a claimant seeking to challenge a Governmental decision or action James Eadie QC, Blackstone Chambers
17.05	CHAIR COMMENTS
17.15	CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

Please note that the programme is subject to change without notice