MCLE London™ Programme 2020

THE BREXIT WITHDRAWAL BILL
Key provisions and their intended and possible effects.
Panel & Open Floor Discussion

The Bill will enable the UK to exit the European Union on 31 January 2020. Approved by the UK House of Commons on 8th January 2020, the Bill may be confirmed by the House of Lords and become UK Law on or about the date of this session or shortly thereafter. It is in effect a major constitutional change for the UK (and for the European Union with its first withdrawal) as the Transitional Stage of the Withdrawal begins.

Panel:

CHAIR: TOM WORNER, Solicitor (England & Wales), General Counsel & Director of Corporate Development, MVF, London, United Kingdom

DR. JACK SIMSON CAIRD LLM, PhD, Senior Research Fellow in Parliaments and the Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law; previously the constitutional law specialist in the House of Commons Library, where he led the Library’s work on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as Senior Library Clerk.

EDMOND CURTIN, BCL, BL, Attorney (NY), Barrister (Ireland), Solicitor (England & Wales), Visiting Professor to the Westminster School of Law, London

Representative of the European Commission London Office (To Be Confirmed)

IS CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW FIT FOR PURPOSE?
Satellites, astronomy, surveillance and military activities.

An overview of current issues in Policy and Law regarding the use of Space.

Presented by:

PROFESSOR SA’ID MOSTESHAR, English Barrister, Attorney at Law (CA), Director of London Institute of Space Policy and Law; Senior Associate Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London

CANNABIS IN TRANSITION
A Global legal overview.

Presented by:

AMBER MARKS, Barrister (England & Wales), Journalist, Writer, Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary University of London, and also teaching at the London School of Economics and Kings College London. Her principal area of research is at the intersection between science, law and human rights (criminal drug laws, forensic science, due process and technology) with a recent shift in focus from criminal law to health law.

FOREIGN LAWYERS & THE NEW SRA RULES
A review of the key provisions and their implications.

A review of some key provisions from the new rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority now coming into effect, particularly relating to sole practitioners, Registered Foreign Lawyers and foreign international law firms with a presence in England and Wales.

Presented by:

ROBIN SOMERVILLE LLM, FCIArb, English Barrister, Mediator and Investigator, also advising on Regulatory and Conduct Issues, sometime Chartered IT Professional of the British Computer Society.

“THE COMPUTER SAYS NO!”
Artificial Intelligence, its increasing use and effect on legal process and assessments.

Presented by:

ROBIN SOMERVILLE LLM, FCIArb, English Barrister, Mediator and Investigator, also advising on Regulatory and Conduct Issues, sometime Chartered IT Professional of the British Computer Society.

OUTPATIENT & RESIDENTIAL ADDICTIONS TREATMENT
Particularly for working professionals.

Presented by:

DR COSMO DUFF GORDON Grad Dip Psych, MA, DPsych, CPsychol (BPS), AFBPsS, Founder and Director of Start2Stop

DR BRIAN WELLS MA, MB BChir (Cantab), Consultant Psychiatrist, specialising in Substance Misuse; Independent (private & charitable) practice based in London; Founder and Director of Leading Health Care International (LHCI), a private limited company undertaking international consultancy services

UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
Causes, Identification and Awareness.

Presented by:

DIPEN RAJYAGURU LLB(Hons), IEDPR; Director, Engagement and Equality Solutionsp

DEVELOPING REGULATED GREEN FINANCE
Encouraging demand and transparency in climate finance.

Presented by:

DR. ANDY SLOAN, Chair, Guernsey Green Finance & Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy, Guernsey Finance.

Guernsey Finance is the joint government and industry promotional agency for the island’s financial industry where the world’s first fully regulated Green Investment Fund was launched and is regulated.

HOT TOPICS IN ETHICS

Presented by:

ELLEN R PECK, Attorney (CA), past chair of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Between 1989 and 1995, Ms. Peck served as one of the nine judges on the California State Bar Court and as its Assistant Supervising Judge in 1989; Ms. Peck implemented the State Bar’s Ethics Hotline and was the first managing editor of the California Compendium on Professional Responsibility. She has recently retired from the practice of law and resides in Georgia.

HOT TOPICS IN ETHICS (continued)

Presented by:

ELLEN R PECK, Attorney (CA), past chair of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Between 1989 and 1995, Ms. Peck served as one of the nine judges on the California State Bar Court and as its Assistant Supervising Judge in 1989; Ms. Peck implemented the State Bar’s Ethics Hotline and was the first managing editor of the California Compendium on Professional Responsibility. She has recently retired from the practice of law and resides in Georgia.