JR North 2009: Trends and Forecasts

Speakers include: Mr Justice Nicol, HHJ Gilbart QC, Conrad Haley (Director, PLP), Nick Stanage , Denise Dolan (Regionalisation Project Manager, HM Courts), Frances Patterson (Chair of NALA), Bryan McGuire (Barrister, 2-3 Gray's Inn Square).

Workshops presented by *: Adam Fullwood , Melanie Plimmer , Glynis Craig (Senior Lawyer, EHRC), Karen Ashton (Partner, Public Law Solicitors), Pete Weatherby , Martin Forshaw (Partner, Weightmans Solicitors).

Garden Court North are pleased to sponsor this Public Law Project conference again this year, following the success of the previous two JR North conferences in 2008 and 2007.

Who should attend?

All practitioners involved in, or who want to become involved in judicial review proceedings. The conference addresses both practical aspects of Judicial Review litigation and provides up-to-date information on the latest case-law and trends from leaders in the field.

New to JR?

In particular two of the workshop sessions are ideally suited to practitioners who are relatively new to JR and provide a perfect opportunity to learn the basics of starting and progressing a JR claim:

• Practical hints on drafting effective letters before claim – Melanie Plimmer (Garden Court North Chambers) [Morning session 2]
• Claimant strategies in Judicial Review – Karen Ashton (Public Law Solicitors) [Afternoon session 4]

Familiar with JR but want more detail?

Other workshop sessions are more geared up for those with established JR practices, focusing on emerging areas of law and latest developments:

• The “Children Leaving Care Act” duties and how they can assist vulnerable clients – Adam Fullwood (Garden Court North Chambers) [Morning session 1]
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission; advantages of EHRC involvement in public law cases – Glynis Craig (EHRC) [Morning session 3]
• Article 5; arbitrary detention or arbitrary case-law? – Pete Weatherby (Garden Court North Chambers) [Afternoon session 5]

Main conference themes

In addition to the morning and afternoon workshop options the conference will also provide:

• A Review of the year’s Top 10 Judicial Review cases
• Trends & Forecasts in Judicial Review
• Panel discussion on Regionalisation of the Administrative Court in practice

PLEASE NOTE: The conference is organised by the Public Law Project and delegate places should be booked directly with the Public Law Project by downloading and completing the flyer and booking form below.

Standard fee: £199.00 + VAT. There are also discounted fees and multiple booking discounts available.

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* Full details of workshops to be presented by GCN barristers:

Practical hints on drafting effective letters before claim - Melanie Plimmer
Aimed at practitioners relatively new to Judicial Review applications, this session will look at the pre-action protocol, with case studies to assist in drafting letters before claim, compliant with protocol and which set out the issues with a view to achieving a beneficial outcome to claimants as early as possible.

Recent developments concerning the "Children Leaving Care Act" - Adam Fullwood
The Children Leaving Care Act duties and how they can assist those who are vulnerable as a result of their immigraiton status, leaving prison or family breakdown.

Recent developments in Article 5 case-law - Pete Weatherby
Arbitrary detention or arbitrary case law? This workshop will deal with recent case law and the courts restricting the meaning of "detention" and the reach of Article 5 in respect to determinate and indeterminate sentence prisoners.

Quick links

> www.publiclawproject.org.uk