Past events

The ALBA Summer Conference is back – and it’s better than ever! 20 July, 21 July, 22 July, 23 July, 27 July and 28 July [...]

The inaugural Sir John Laws Lecture, on the impact of Sir John Laws on public and administrative law.

You are invited to a panel discussion to launch Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society by Joshua Rozenberg Event starts promptly at 6.30pm, [...]

Speakers: Lord Anderson of Ipswich QC (Brick Court Chambers); Professor Catherine Barnard (University of Cambridge); Alison Pickup (Public Law Project) Chair: Mr Justice Lewis This [...]

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 [...]

This year the lecture will be given by Lady Hale of Richmond, President of the UK Supreme Court. The annual lecture is free. There is no [...]

CONSTITUTIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW BAR ASSOCIATION MOOTING COMPETITION 2019 ALBA is delighted to announce details of its inaugural mooting competition, to be held on 11 [...]

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 [...]