FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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2010 CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, 9th OCTOBER

to be held in the Supreme Court,
Parliament Square, London

"Legislation and the Supreme Court"


Confirmed speakers include:

Sir John Dyson,
Justice of the Supreme Court


Professor Paul Craig,
Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford


Justice Harvey Groberman,
Judge of the Court of Appeal for British columbia


Professor David Feldman,
Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge


Jonathan Crow QC,
Barrister, Former First Treasury Counsel

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For details of some of our recent events click here
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Annual Lord Renton Lecture
2009:
The Rise of the Strasbourgeoisie: Judicial Activism and the ECHR.  The Rt Hon Lord Justice Elias

Statute Law Society Conference 2008 - Belfast
Presuming to Interpret:  Basic Principles of Law in Statutory Interpretation

A comparison of the principle of legality and section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998. * Mr Justice Sales

Cold-blooded and warm-blooded presumptions. Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe

Presuming that Legislation Favours a Peace Process Prof. Brice Dickson

Skating on thin ice - what happened to 'strict' interpretation of criminal and tax legislation Prof. Stefan Vogenauer

Statutory Interpretation in the context of the Irish Constitution Mr Justice Hugh Geoghegan

* This material was first published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited in The Law Quarterly Review, "A Comparison of the Principle of Legality and Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998" (2009) 125 L.Q.R. 598 and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.

Ian McLeod, member of the Council of the Statute Law Society since 1996, has recently published a new book, Principles of Legislative and Regulatory Drafting. 

The book is intended as a primer for newcomers to legislative and regulatory drafting and as a reminder for those who undertake drafting only on an occasional basis.  For a full description, together with details of post and packing charges when buying from the publishers (Hart Publishing) click here.