Forthcoming Events
15 June 2021, 5pm
Hong Kong National Security Law
Speakers: Prof Chin Leng Lim and Prof Johannes Chan
Chair: Denis Edwards
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29 September 2021, 6pm
The Rule of Law and Subordinate Legislation
Speaker: Sir Jonathan Jones, KCB QC,
former HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Services
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The 2021 Annual Lord Renton Lecture will be given by Lady Arden of Heswall, Justice of the Supreme Court.
25 November 2021, 6pm
Venue to be confirmed.
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Devolution and the Statute Book
The 2020 Annual Lord Renton Lecture was given on 15 December 2020 by The Rt Hon. James Wolffe QC, Lord Advocate of Scotland
To download the text of the lecture CLICK HERE
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Thinking policy through before legislating – aspirational legislation
To read the text of the 2019 Lord Renton lecture, given by The Rt Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd PC, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales CLICK HERE
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