Assize Seminar November 2021
The seminar was held online on 12th November 2021, hosted by UCL.
Delegates were welcomed by Dr Mark Dsouza.
The first session was a Q&A with Fahima Sirat, former judge of the Afghan Anti-Corruption Court.
This session was not recorded.
Download the handouts for sessions 2 and 3
Beyond Doubt: the case against 'not proven'
Safety: a good enough test for appeals against conviction based on guilty pleas - and generally?
Beyond Doubt: the case against 'not proven'
James Chalmers Regius Professor of Law University of Glasgow, Fiona Leverick Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice University of Glasgow and Vanessa E Munro
Comments by Dr Lee J Curley, The Open University and Katie Wheatley, Partner and Head of the Crime, Fraud and Regulatory Team at Bindmans LLP
Safety: a good enough test for appeals against conviction based on guilty pleas - and generally?
Francis Fitzgibbon, QC at 23ES in London & Trinity Chambers, Newcastle
Comments by Prof. N Padfield, Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice, University of Cambridge; Director, Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice
And Lord Justice Andrew Edis, Lord Justice of Appeal