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This lecture explores the current race in both the Global North and South to secure much needed critical minerals, and the attendant human rights abuses and impacts on local communities arising from the new resource rush.
12 December 2024
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
PCL048, Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Durham Law School, Palatine Centre, Durham
How has resistance to destructive extractivist investment affected the outcomes of natural resource politics? This talk reflects on how social movements, NGOs, and other forms of active citizenship contesting the illegalities or socio-environmental injustices of over-extractive natural resource operations have influenced the economic outcomes in different contexts.
13 December 2024
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Online via Zoom
As private companies race to conquer the cosmos, new legal frontiers have emerged. Join us for a recurring guest lecture by a Durham alumnus on the cutting edge of the space industry on Space Law and Contemporary Legal Issues in the Space Industry, where we'll navigate the intricate legal landscape of outer space and dive into the complex legal framework surrounding space exploration, commercial space activities, and international space treaties.
14 January 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CLC407
For this GLAD seminar, we will be joined by Dr Nausica Palazzo who will present her recently published paper 'Functional Recognition and Polyamory: Glitters and hard truths in the O’Neill judgment.'
24 January 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This is an online event, the event will be taking place via Zoom.
Please note this event has been postponed. No further updates are currently available.
29 January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Hogan Lovells
In this seminar we welcome Francesca Lee from Aston Law School to share her research on hair discrimination.
03 February 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
PCL048 Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
Dealing with Children in Criminal Proceedings: A Personal Perspective will focus on the effective participation of children in the trial process at the Crown Court.
12 February 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Palatine Centre, Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
Professor Nathalie A. Smuha will present her book entitled 'Algorithmic Rule By Law. How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law.'
21 February 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This hybrid event is taking place online via Zoom and in person at PCL048, Palatine Centre.
CELLS seminar: The decriminalisation of euthanasia in Colombia - is it all about dignified death? Abstract: From the mid-20th century, there has been a growing outcry against the dehumanisation of death resulting from the excessive use of technology and medical paternalism.
24 February 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This event is taking place online, via Zoom.
26 February 2025
The event takes place in PCL054, Durham University
Lord Sales, Justice of the UKSC to deliver the ICCL Annual Lecture 2025
27 February 2025
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre
The HRPLC event "Perspectives on Public Law" explores key insights into public law and career opportunities in the field.
04 March 2025
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
In this AI age, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the domains of trade, arbitration, and law by transforming how disputes are resolved. This conference explores the complex challenges that arise at the intersection of these four critical areas and outlines potential paths to reform that can help navigate the rapidly evolving legal and compliance landscape.
05 March 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Palatine Centre, Room PCL054 and Online via Teams
07 March 2025
Palatine Centre, PCL048
‘Reimagining the Court of Protection: Participation, Mediation and Best Interests Disputes’.
12 March 2025
Online via Teams
13 March 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This online event takes place via Microsoft Teams.
17 March 2025
This lecture will take place in TLC033, Durham University.
If you want to learn more about recent developments in international arbitration from a Durham alumnus who is working as a Deputy Director General at London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), please join us! The event is moderated by Dr Can Eken, co-director of Durham International Dispute Resolution Institute (DIDRI).
19 March 2025
E005 Engineering, Durham University
20 March 2025
For this seminar we are joined by Dr Alan Brown who will present his forthcoming paper (co-authored with Dr Peter Dunne) ‘All marriages are equal, but some are more equal than others: trans spouses and voidability rules in England and Wales’.
Palatine Centre, PCL054
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