Treasurer's Lecture | The Scope for Judicial Law-Making in Constitutional Law and Public Law

Guest Speaker:

The Rt Hon. Lord Hodge

Master Patrick Hodge is a Justice, (since 1 October 2013), and Deputy President, (since January 2020), of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. 

Master Hodge was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1996. From 1997 to 2003, he was a part time Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission. From 2000 to 2005 he was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was a Senator of the College of Justice between 2005 and 2013. In that role he was a Commercial Judge and the Scottish Judge in Exchequer Causes. He also served as one of the Scottish Intellectual Property Judges and as a Judge in the Lands Valuation Appeal Court.

Pricing:

Free of Charge

Please note that all Middle Temple events are subject to cancellation, changes in format, and are dependent on pending government guidelines.

Accessing the remote Event:

This remote event will take place using software called Zoom.  A link for the 'meeting room' will be sent by email on the morning of the event.

It is preferable to join the event on a laptop, but if that is not possible then use your phone/tablet. Download the app from zoom.us

Students/Hall Members/Benchers: Guests welcome

Click here to see details of the QS Requirements and how to be credited with the QS for this session

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this QS students will be able to: 

• Explain how the role of the judiciary in constitutional law and public law has developed in the last 70 years.
• Identify the role of Parliamentary legislation in the expansion of the judicial role.
• Recognise the nature of the debate on the boundaries of the judicial role in law-making.

Links to the Professional Statement, wider workings of the Bar, administration of justice or a public interest matter

The QS will align with these elements of the professional statement:

• 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4

Click here to view the BSB's Professional Statement

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