ALBA is pleased to host an online seminar exploring how public authorities can get it right when making difficult decisions.
The webinar will provide practical guidance to getting decisions right first time. It will cover the key requirements of lawful decision-making, the main legal frameworks governing decision-making, and common controversial legal issues.
The webinar will be of interest to all barristers working in public law, whether they advise on, defend or challenge public authority decisions. It will also be of interest to lawyers working in public authorities and lawyers advising and representing those who have to deal with public authorities. It will be relevant across all areas of public law and administration.
The speakers for the webinar will be:
Victoria Butler-Cole KC of 39 Essex Chambers. Victoria has extensive experience of administrative and public law with a focus on health and social care, people with mental and physical disabilities and autism and other vulnerable groups such as prisoners. She sits as a Deputy High Court Judge.
Steve Broach KC of 39 Essex Chambers. Steve is a public lawyer with particular expertise in health, education, social care, and disability and children’s rights cases.  He is a discrimination specialist and has acted in many of the leading cases on the law of consultation.
Ciar McAndrew of Monckton Chambers. Ciar was called in 2016 and has a broad practice in public law – especially housing, human rights and discrimination – and in competition law.
Victoria and Steve are the editors of, and Ciar is a contributor to, the 2024 Legal Action Group book ‘Making Lawful Decisions: a guide for decision-makers on acting within the law’.
The webinar will be chaired by ALBA Chair, Richard Honey KC.
This session will take place via Zoom and is available to ALBA members only. Â Booking will close at 6pm on Monday 6 July. The Zoom link will not be sent out until booking has formally closed.