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Current News: 2008 - 2007

 

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1st & 2nd December 2008 : To mark the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales, Oxford Law Faculty will be hosting a conference at the British Academy in London. 

 

Further details, including the programme and registration form, are available from the conference website: www.law.ox.ac.uk/cpr10.  There is no charge for this event, which is generously sponsored by Herbert Smith LLP.  Registration is essential as space is limited.  The event is registered for 12.5 CPD points. 

 

If you have any queries about the event, please contact the conference organiser Dr Deirdre Dwyer (deirdre.dwyer@law.ox.ac.uk ).

 

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9th July  2008 : - The Chairman received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Manchester Metropolitan University in recognition for “his exceptional service to the legal profession, his work on ethical governance, human rights and freedom of information that has made him such an appropriate role model for those following in his footsteps”.

 

The Awards Ceremony was webcast live round the world. To view the University’s Press Release, Awards Ceremony 9 (Faculty of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences, at 6 pm) and Birmingham City Council’s Press Release, please follow the links: -

ü      http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/894/

ü      http://www.mmu.ac.uk/graduation/archive/2008/

ü      http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=136835&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=9&MENU_ID=276

 

In his thanksgiving speech to the MMU and congregation held at the Bridgewater Concert Hall, Manchester, he paid tribute to and thanked, in particular, all the hard working Councillors and staff of Birmingham City Council (past and present), his colleagues at the Association of Council Secretaries & Solicitors and Debo Nwauzu, the Founder & Managing Director of the Black Lawyers Directory.

 

A copy of his bullet point script appears <here>.

A graduation picture with Professor Ann Holmes, Dean of Faculty, and Miceal Barden, Head of MMU’s School of Law appears <here>.

 

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26th June 2008 : - The Chairman’s Legal & Democratic Services Department won Municipal Journal’s Legal Achievement of the Year Award. It was also a Finalist in The Lawyer Awards 2008 in their In-house Public Sector Team of the Year, held in London on 24th June 2008.

 

 

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2nd June  2008 : - The Chairman will be speaking on Good Governance at the CIPFA (Scotland) Conference being held in Edinburgh. View details at :- http://www.cipfascotland.org.uk/events_details.cfm?events_ID=3976

 

 

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13th May  2008 : - The Chairman is a speaker at  :  “The Fundamentals of Local Government Law”  in London : http://www.lgc-law.co.uk/homepage.asp?m_pid=0&m_nid=26894

 

 

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24th April 2008 : The Chairman was featured in the Law Society Gazette –

View link to their website  or view attachments : page 1, page 2, page 3.

 

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11th & 12th March 2008 : -  The Chairman was a keynote speaker at  : “Preparing for the Corporate Manslaughter Act” 

 

-  Birmingham & London : http://ec.emap.com/lgc/corporatemanslaughter/

 

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6th March 2008 : The Chairman spoke at the LGG Annual Monitoring Officer Conferences held in Leeds:  www.lgg.org.uk   

 

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8th February 2008 : A copy of the letter from the Baroness Prashar, Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission re High Court Selection Exercise 2008 is attached.

 

<Letter>

 

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21st February 2008 : Middle Temple is celebrating its 400th anniversary during 2008. A special reunion dinner was organised for employed barristers belonging to the Middle Temple. Check out the details:

 

<Employed Bar Dinner: 21/02/2008>

 

 

 

 

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25th November 2007 : The Chairman has written to various Editors  ‘Re -  Government Consultation Papers on Local Strategic Partnerships’. A copy of the letter to the Right Hon Hazel Blears MP (and enclosure) are also now attached (22/12/2007)

<read letter to Editors: 25/11/2007>  / <read LGC article: 29/11/2007> / <read letter to Blears MP: 26/11/2007> / <read enclosure to Blears MP>

 

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22nd November 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the CIPFA  Conference for Local Government: “Good Governance and Leadership: Is the Chief Executive ready for the Mandatory Statement?” at the Hesperia Hotel, London

<View programme>

 

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22nd November 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the CIPFA  Conference for Local Government: “Good Governance and Leadership: Is the Chief Executive ready for the Mandatory Statement?” at the Hesperia Hotel, London

<View programme>

 

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14th & 15th November 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the ACSeS Annual Conference : “The Knowledge” at the Tower Hotel, London

2007-ACSeS Conference.htm

 

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9th November 2007 : The Chairman spoke at a meeting, in London, of the Chief Executives of the UK Association of National Parks to discuss “Good Governance”.

 

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15th & 16th October 2007 : The Chairman contributed in The Standards Board for England’s Annual Assembly at the ICC, Birmingham.

http://www.annualassembly.co.uk/Programme/Sessionmaterials/

 

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10th October 2007 : New link added to search for Barrister jobs in UK:  http://www.jobrapido.co.uk/?q=barrister%20uk

 

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29th July 2007 : Download latest information re Bar Conference 2007 :

<Covering Letter>,      <Programme>,      <Registration Form>

 

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11th July 2007 : Chief Crown Prosecutor roles have been advertised at:  www.cpsrecruitment.com

 

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9th July 2007 : The Chairman was profiled in The Lawyer magazine. <read article>

 

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May 2007 : Advance notice – This year’s Bar Conference (Human Rights - Taking Liberties) was held on 3 November in London.  This year’s Conference Chair is Catherine Addy of Maitland Chambers, London.

The full Programme and registration form will be available from mid-June. In the meantime, colleagues may find the attached helpful: <draft Programme>

 

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3rd May 2007 : Three new research papers in the policy area of education & training for the Bar of England and Wales have been published and can be downloaded from the following links:

1 =  Macey-Dare, Dr. Rupert, "Economics of Pupillage" (2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=967619, Abstract published in: Legal Education 22/3/07 and National Law: European Law 13/3/07

2  = Macey-Dare, Dr. Rupert, "Economics of Deferral of Call" (Spring 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=969817 , Abstract published in: Legal Education 12/4/07 and National Law: European Law 18/4/07

3 = Macey-Dare, Dr. Rupert, ""New Certificates of Eligibility", Training and Entry to the Practicing Bar of England and Wales" (Spring 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=976716 Abstract published in: Labour: Public Policy and Regulation 26/4/07 and National Law: European Law 1/5/07.

 

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28th April 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the Minority Lawyers’ Conference being held in at the Law Society, Chancery Lane, London  <programme>

 

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21st March 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the CRE / LGIU Conference, held in London, on tackling misinformation during the elections purdah period.

 

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February & March 2007 : The Chairman spoke at the LGG Annual Monitoring Officer Conferences held in London (on 5th ) and in Leeds (on 6th March ) :  www.lgg.org.uk   

 

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10th February 2007 : The Chairman was profiled in the Inaugural Muslim Power 100 at a Gala Evening Event held  at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, and he was also awarded their Public Sector Excellence Award. A copy of the article appearing in their publication and Press Release are attached:

<Article> / <Press Release>

 

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January 2007 : The Chairman’s evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee, in December 2004, is available on line at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmodpm/60/4120602.htm

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