SLS Annual Seminars
SLS Seminar 2012
Runner up – exceptional grant of £3000 made
Organisers: Dr Cathryn Costello, Worcester College, Oxford
Mark Freedland, Oxford
Karen Eveleigh, Oxford
Theme: “Philosophical Foundations of Property Law”
Date: Friday 22 June 2012
SLS Seminar 2013
Organiser: Dr Marie-Luce Paris University College, Dublin
Theme: “Changing Landscape – Comparative Reflections on Rights-Based Constitutional Review”
Venue: Dublin
Date: Tuesday 2nd & 3rd July 2013
SLS Seminar 2014
Organisers: Professor Douglas Brodie, University of Stirling, Professor Nicole Busby, University of Strathclyde, Dr Rebecca Zahn, University of Stirling
Theme: “The Future Regulation of Work: New Concepts, New Paradigms”
Date: Two day seminar at the Universities of Strathclyde and Stirling on 30 and 31 October 2014.
SLS Seminar 2015
Organisers: Professor Richard Goldberg and Professor Shaun Pattinson, Durham
Theme: “Incentivising Innovation and Higher Standards in Regulation and Liability Relating to Medicines”
Date: 30 and 31 October 2014.
SLS Seminar 2016
Organiser: Professor Diamond Ashiagbor (IALS)
Theme: Re-imagining labour law for development: informal work in the global North and South”,
Date: September 2016 at SOAS, London
SLS Seminar 2017
Organisers: Professor John Linarelli and Associate Professor Orkun Akseli
Theme: ‘The Future of Commercial Law: Ways Forward for Harmonisation’
Date: 27 & 28 February 2017
SLS Seminar 2018
Organisers: Kate Grady and Russell Buchan
Theme: ‘The Legal Legacies of the 2003 Iraq War’.
Date: 26 & 27 March 2018 at SOAS, London
SLS Seminar 2019
Organisers: Dr Fergal Davis (KCL) and Dr Mark Coen (UCD)
Theme: The Offences Against the State Act at 80: Omni-Act or Omni-Shambles?
Date: 29th & 30th October 2019
SLS Seminars 2020
Seminar One – CANCELLED
Organisers: Professor Erika Rackley and Professor Rosemary Hunter (Kent)
Theme: ‘The legal life and jurisprudence of Lady Hale’
Date: 26th & 27th March 2020
We are sorry to announce that due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding Coronavirus, the conference – the Legal Life and Jurisprudence of Lady Hale – has been cancelled.
Seminar Two – Seminar was rescheduled in 2022
Organiser: Professor Merris Amos (QMUL)
Theme: ‘The Human Rights Act After 22 Years: Evolution, Impact, Future Directions’
Date: Thursday 3 November and Friday 4 November 2022
Merris Amos Annual Seminar Report_Nov 2022 Seminar
SLS Seminars 2021
Seminar One
Organisers: Dr Fabiana Bettini, Mr Martin Fischer, Professor Charles Mitchell and Dr Prince Saprai (UCL)
Theme: New Directions in Private Law Theory
Date: 11th & 12th November 2021
Seminar Two – CANCELLED
Organiser: Dr Peter Dunne (University of Bristol)
Theme: P v S at 25: Exploring LGBT rights at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Date: 18th & 19th November 2021
SLS Seminars 2022
Seminar One
Organiser: Dr Shreya Atrey (Oxford)
Theme: ‘Beyond Crises: The Future of Equality Law’
Date: June 2022
Seminar Two
Organisers: Dr Victoria Barnes (Max Planck, Frankfurt) and Dr Jonathan Hardman (Edinburgh)
Theme: ‘The Origins of Company Law’
Date: November 2022
SLS SEMINAR 2023
Organisers: Dr Joshua Jowitt (Newcastle) and Dr Rachel Dunn (Leeds Beckett)
Theme: ‘The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 1 year on: Does legally recognising sentience help protect animal interests?’
Date: June 2023
SLS SEMINAR 2024
Organiser: Dr Ian Turner (UCLan)
Theme: ‘The future for liberal ideals: how far should political rights of free speech and public protest tolerate intolerance?’
Date: November 2024