Tooks in association with APL present Discrimination and Children in the Criminal Justice System

The seminar will cover the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on public law claims relating to the criminal justice system, and consider how recent developments in the law about children can be used in cases involving prisons, inquests, police and the CPS.

Thursday 15th March 2012 at 6pm

Speakers include:

Catherine Rayner will summarise the Equality Act 2010.

Sean Humber from Leigh Day will discuss disability discrimination.

Adam Straw will discuss recent legal developments about children in the context of the police, CPS and prisons, including the recent cases of R (MP) v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 214 (Admin), and R (T) v. Greater Manchester Police [2012] EWHC 147 (Admin).

Felicity Williams will talk about how to use, and recent developments in, the equality duties.

Chaired by Hugh Southey QC

Venue: Tooks Chambers, 81 Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4BL
Registration 6:00pm
Start 6:15pm
Finish 7:45pm, followed by drinks and nibbles.

To book contact Yvonne Esson at Tooks Tel: 020 7842 7575 or email yvonne.esson@tooks.co.uk

Free for Members of APL, £15.00 plus VAT for non-members.

This event will attract 1.5 accredited CPD points.

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Tooks Chambers

Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

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