Principles, Procedure and Justice: A Festschrift in Honour of Adrian Zuckerman

This is an afternoon hybrid seminar with many of the contributors to the Festschrift in Honour of Adrian Zuckerman's evidence and procedure scholarship. The Festschrift, Principles, Procedure and Justice was published by OUP in 2020. The seminar is open to everyone. 

Speakers include:

Sam Issacharoff, NYU

Paul Roberts, Nottingham

Stuart Sime, City University

Robert Sharpe, Former Justice of Ontario Court of Appeal

Fred Wilmot Smith, All Souls and Brick Court Chambers

Carla Crifo, Leicester

Inbar Levy, Melbourne

Rabeea Assy, Haifa

Andrew Higgins, Oxford

Adrian Zuckerman, Oxford

SCHEDULE

14:30 Welcome: Andrew Higgins

14:35 'A Man for all Processes’ Sam Issacharoff (virtually)

Part I: The Changing Character of Evidence and Judging

14:45  Paul Roberts ‘Adrian Zuckerman’s New Evidence Scholarship’

15:00  Robert Sharpe ‘How Judges Decide’ (virtually)

15:10 Andrew Higgins 'The Bright but Modest Potential of Algorithms in the Court Room'

15.20 Discussion

15:40 Tea & Coffee Break

16:10  ‘A Tribute’ Sir Rupert Jackson (recorded)

Part II: The Dimensions of Justice

16:15  Frederick Wilmot-Smith ‘Just Costs’

16:25  Rabeea Assy ‘Taking Seriously Affordability, Expedition, and Integrity in Adjudication’

16:35 Discussion

Part III: History and Procedural Powers

16:50  Carla Crifo ‘Does Procedural Mean Trans-substantive? A Historical and Normative Analysis of English Civil Procedure Rules’

17:00  Stuart Sime ‘Inherent Jurisdiction and the Limits of Civil Procedure’

17:10 Discussion

17:25 Reply and Reflections: Adrian Zuckerman

18:00 End, Drinks at Univ (All attendees welcome)

The seminar will be followed by drinks at University College. All seminar attendees are welcome to join us for drinks, but please email andrew.higgins@law.ox.ac.uk to register your interest so that we can manage in person numbers.