Exploring the Limits of a Judge’s Power
| School of Law Annual Conference 2008
Dates
Friday 4 April 2008 (2.00pm) to Saturday 5 April 2008 (1.00pm)
Venue
The Inn of Court of Northern Ireland, Chichester Street, Belfast
Chairpersons
Rt Hon Sir Brian Kerr, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Hon Mr Justice Deeny, Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland and Judge-in-Residence at Queen’s University Belfast
6 CPD points (Law Society and Bar Council)
Programme
Friday 4 April 2008
2.00 Opening of the conference by Professor Colin Harvey, Head of the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast
2.10 Welcome by Rt Hon Sir Brian Kerr, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
2.20 Professor Tom Zwart, University of Utrecht
‘Does non-justiciability amount to a blank cheque to the judiciary?’
2.50 Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, former Lord Justice of Appeal and President of the Family Division of the High Court, England and Wales
‘Injunctions, family law and the role of a judge’
3.20 Tea / Coffee
3.40 Member of the Supreme Court of Ireland (name tbc)
4.10 Professor Kent Roach, University of Toronto
‘The Judicial Power in Some National Security Matters’
4.40 Discussion
5.30 Close of session (Lord Chief Justice Kerr)
7.30 for 8.15 Reception and dinner in The Long Gallery, Northern Ireland Assembly, Stormont, hosted by Ms Anna Lo, MLA
Saturday 5 April 2008
9.20 Welcome by Hon Mr Justice Deeny, Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland and Judge-in-Residence at Queen’s University Belfast
9.30 Ms Eleanor Sharpston, Advocate-General at the European Court of Justice
‘Creating law or enforcing and clarifying what is (or must be) there? A perspective from the Court of Justice of the European Communities’
10.00 Professor Kate Malleson, Queen Mary, University of London
11.00 Coffee /Tea
11.20 Professor Keith Ewing, King’s College London
‘The effectiveness, legitimacy and accountability of a judge’s power’
11.50 Professor Eli Salzberger, University of Haifa
‘Judicial activism and the debate about judicial imperialism in Israel: Possible lessons for other jurisdictions’
12.20 Discussion
12.50 Close of conference (Mr Justice Deeny)
1.00 Buffet lunch at the Inn of Court
