Past events

ALBA is pleased to be holding a reception for members to meet the seven new Administrative Court Judges. The reception will take place from 6.30pm [...]

Please join us for a panel discussion at the offices of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, to consider the conceptual framework which underpins A1P1, its use [...]

Have you experienced bullying by a judge when appearing in court or in a tribunal? Have you felt unjustifiably singled out for criticism, humiliated in [...]

ALBA will be hosting a panel discussion on “Brexit and the Broken Constitution”, chaired by Joshua Rozenberg, with:   Joanna Cherry QC MP (Scottish National [...]

This year marks 20 years from the passing of the Human Rights Act and 18 since it came into force. This seminar will consider the [...]

This year’s annual lecture is titled “Adjudicating Religion”: Courts in democracies all over the world are increasingly being asked to determine claims based on the right [...]

This series is intended to be an introductory course, and is ideally suited to pupils, junior public law practitioners, or experienced barristers interested in learning [...]

Booking is now open for ALBA’s summer conference, which is returning by popular demand to St John’s College Cambridge on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 [...]

This breakfast seminar will discuss funding for claimants and interveners in judicial review claims, including protective costs orders (PCOs), costs capping orders (CCOs), Aarhus Convention [...]

The GDPR has attracted a huge amount of publicity but is still the subject of much confusion and misunderstanding. In this talk two experts in [...]

This is a timely opportunity to look again at this important topic following the recent landmark decisions of the Supreme Court in Robinson v Chief Constable [...]

We have been asked to draw this event to members' attention. The speakers will be: Sir Stephen Laws KCB, former First Parliamentary Counsel Sir John [...]

David Cole on “Defending Liberty” Members Invitation, 5 February 2018, 6.30pm, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London The Human Rights Lawyers Association (“HRLA”) and the Constitutional [...]

What are the limits of judicial independence? The Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton PC QC Former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice [...]

with The Honourable Dyson Heydon AC QC, former Justice of the High Court of Australia In the two centuries since Marbury v Madison, the 'province and [...]

This year’s annual lecture titled “Speaking in Unison?  Access to justice and the Convention”  will be given by Tim Eicke who was elected Britain’s Judge [...]

Judicial Review A special event, arranged by the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) with the assistance of No5 Barristers' Chambers, marking the continuing importance of [...]

This reception is being held following the retirement of Sir Andrew Collins from the High Court and to mark his contribution to Public Law and [...]

  The past year has been an eventful one in Constitutional and Administrative Law and this talk will review and analyse the most recent developments. [...]

This series is intended to be an introductory course, and is ideally suited to junior public law practitioners, and experienced barristers interested in learning about [...]

  BOOKING IS NOW OPEN FOR THIS YEAR’S SUMMER CONFERENCE AND DINNER ON SATURDAY 22 JULY 2017   This year, the conference will be a [...]

This talk will assess the most recent case law about when positive duties to safeguard and to investigate are engaged under Article 2 as well [...]

ALBA’s first seminar for 2017 will consider the Supreme Court’s judgments in Miller and Dos Santos v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [...]