Events

Tooks Chambers has an active seminar programme that covers all areas of practice.

Members of Tooks have been asked to speak at a variety of events now and in the near future including:

Mental Health and the Disability Discrimination Act: An update on law and practice for claimant advisers
Wednesday 21 May 2008
Focuses on some recent decisions and considers the particular problems faced in representing and assisting people who are suffering from these particular types of disability. Speakers are Leonie Hirst and Catherine Rayner.
EHRC legal priorities and issues for the future
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Speaker is John Wadham, Legal Group Director EHRC. Introduced by Catherine Rayner.
DNA: Defence Needs Assistance
Tuesday 10 June 2008
Presented by Professor Allan Jamieson, Director The Forensic Institute, this seminar focuses on the problems of DNA evidence, and LCN in particular, in trial preparation, and the presentation of complex evidence. Introduced by Peter Wilcock.
The Serious Crime Act 2007 Parts 1 and 2
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Looks at the provisions for Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Part 1 of the Serious Crime Act together with the new inchoate offences of Encouraging and Assisting an offence in Part 2. Analyses the extent of these offences and the implications for the future development of criminal law. Clare Wade is the speaker.
Education Law: Admissions and Exclusions
Wednesday 2 July 2008
The law and the latest developments in relation to Admissions & Exclusions is an often difficult and controversial area of education law and is the topic of this seminar presented by Sarah Bourke and Jane Russell.

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