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Forthcoming conferences

The Lisbon Treaty Conference
Assessing the impact for UK law and policy

Tuesday 15 June 2010
The Hatton, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN
Organised by JUSTICE and Sweet & Maxwell

6 CPD hours accredited by SRA / Bar Standards Board
Standard fee: £399 + VAT. Special discounted fee for JUSTICE members: £299 + VAT

The Lisbon Treaty is now in force. It brings in important changes to EU law and procedure that have significant implications for UK law and practice. Find out how the Treaty affects your work - and what further developments are imminent - at this timely one-day conference.

The conference brings together expert speakers to assess the impact of the Treaty from a wide range of perspectives. It identifies substantive legislative changes, relevant case law and new mechanisms for bringing cases.

The programme includes:

• A keynote address from Sir Konrad Schiemann - the UK's judge at the European Court of Justice
• An overview of the Lisbon Treaty - what it says, what it does and why it matters
• An analysis of how the Treaty affects the crucial relationship between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights and their respective courts in Luxembourg and Strasbourg
• Specialist breakout sessions, covering:
  - privacy and access to personal data
  - border security and cross-border crime
  - family justice - children and domestic abuse
• An assessment of the impact of the EU on UK justice, from the out-going Director General of Justice, Freedom and Security at the European Commission
• An expert panel's assessment of the UK's position in Europe, present and future

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For further enquiries:
telephone: (020) 7393 7589 or email: conferences@sweetandmaxwell.co.uk

Recent events included:

• The Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights Conference (11 March 2010)

• Free Speech v Privacy (1 December 2009)

• The Human Rights Law Conference 2009 (22 October 2009)

• Investigation and Prosecution Conference 2009 (11 June 2009)

• Data Protection and Privacy (3 December 2008)

• Extradition, Deportation and Removal (14 November 2008)
  
  
• The Human Rights Law Conference 2008 (21 October 2008)
  
  
• After Lisbon: Protecting Fundamental Rights in the European Union (30 April 2008)
  

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