This session forms part of the Human Rights Law Reform: Convention, Common Law, and Parliament series. This webinar will explore the legal and practical limits on removal from the UK, focusing on Article 3 ECHR, the Convention Against Torture, and the principle of non-refoulement under the Refugee Convention. In light of ongoing debates about asylum reform and the UK’s international obligations, it considers what scope there is for change, whether Parliament could narrow existing protections, and how far constraints on removal are embedded in domestic law. Chaired by Micheál Ó Floinn (University of Glasgow)

The President of the King's Bench Division on the subject of judicial independence in the modern age: past, present and future. Dame Victoria Sharp DBE was called to the Bar in 1979 and took Silk in 2001. She was appointed as a Recorder in 1998, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2008 and a High Court Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division in 2009. She was Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit from 2012 to 2013 and was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal in 2013, and Vice President of the Queen’s Bench Division in 2016. She was sworn in as the President of the King’s Bench Division in 2019, the first woman to hold the position. Registration (with refreshments) will be from 5.30pm, and the lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. Non-members: Scroll down to the bottom of the page, click 'Add Ticket' and then select 'Non Member' as Ticket Type. Please note this session may be counted towards CPD but is not a qualifying session.

This session forms part of the Human Rights Law Reform: Convention, Common Law, and Parliament series. Since the Human Rights Act 1998, Article 6 ECHR has influenced fair trial standards in criminal proceedings, shaping approaches from disclosure to delay, jury directions to appeals. In the last of our series on Human Rights Legal Reform, this webinar examines whether Strasbourg's interventions have enhanced fairness, or whether the common law and Parliament have long provided, and may still provide, equal or greater protection in practice. Chaired by Josh Kern (9BR Chambers)