Online Judicial Review Academy (November 2024)

BOOKING FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED

A complete online course on how to do judicial review, run in short sessions on Zoom over 4 days (25-28 November 2024).

Presented in partnership with 11KBW Chambers.

This training is ONLINE ONLY. The sessions will be recorded and shared with attendees afterwards. 

Who should attend:

• Junior and trainee lawyers, advisers, advocates and anyone likely to be involved in judicial review claims, or increase their understanding of JR to help their clients.
• Anyone responsible for legal policy in NGOs or Government, or those tasked with Government decision making.
• Those working in campaigning organisations with a legal strategy and
• Those representing and advising marginalised groups in society

The course includes:

• Judicial review: who it affects and what remedies can be offered
• What can be challenged and by who
• Differences between cases based on the Human Rights Act and other grounds
• Claims by pressure and public interest groups
• Third-party interventions and CCOs
• Steps in a judicial review claim
• Funding and costs
• Public law quiz!
• Case study to help delegate put their learning to practical use.

Ticket pricing:

• Standard ticket: £160 – For those working in private practice and public bodies
• Standard group booking for 3-6 delegates: £140
• Discounted ticket: £120 – For those working at charities or are trainees and pupils
• Discounted group booking for 3-6 delegates: £90
• Advisers ticket: £60- For those advising but not qualified as, or training to be, solicitors or barristers
• Student ticket: £20 – For students in full-time education making the booking using a valid university email address

Programme

Monday 25 November

10:00-11:00 Introductory principles

• Tom Cross, 11KBW 
• Aliya Al-Yassin, 11KBW 

14:00-15:30 Grounds for JR 

• Oliver Jackson, 11KBW 

Tuesday 26 November

10:00-11:30 Steps in a JR claim, part 1 – from letter before claim to permission

• Aoife O’Reilly, Public Law Project

14:00-15:30 Steps in a JR claim, part 2 – from post-permission to final hearing + Quiz 

• Hannah Slarks, 11KBW 
• Raphael Hogarth, 11KBW 

Wednesday 27 November

10:00-12:00 Funding for JR 

Legal aid

• Niamh Grahame, Public Law Project

CCOs and third-party interventions

• Christian Davies, 11KBW 

Settlements and costs

• Christian Davies, 11KBW 

14:00-15:00 Defending a JR 

• James Goudie KC, 11KBW 

Thursday 28 November

10:00-11:30 Case study

• Victoria Pogge von Strandmann, Public Law Project
• Remi Reichhold, 11KBW