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The Right Hon Lord Toulson, UBLC Patron's lecture, “Murder and Joint Enterprise"

The Right Hon Lord Toulson, Patron of the UBLC - “Murder and Joint Enterprise" - the UBLC Patron's lecture 10 March at 5pm - 630pm

Press release issued: 1 March 2016

The University of Bristol Law Club (UBLC) and the Law School are privileged that Supreme Court Justice, The Right Hon Lord Toulson, has agreed to be the UBLC Patron and to give the Patron's lecture on ‘Murder and Joint Enterprise’ on Thursday 10 March, 5 pm to 6.30 pm.

'This is a great honour for the Law School and the Law Club. It is hoped that every undergraduate and post-graduate student will attend the Patron's lecture. Alumni are also invited to attend.' Sam Unsworth, President of the University of Bristol Law Club (UBLC).

The lecture subject is extremely topical following the Supreme Court decision in R v Jogee in February 2016 which reversed over 30 years of case law on joint enterprise. Lord Toulson jointly delivered the lead judgment in this landmark case where the Supreme Court held that the law had taken a wrong turn since the decision in Chan Wing-Siu in 1985.

Lord Toulson was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1969 and became a bencher in 1995. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1986 and served as a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1987 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed to the High Court (Queen's Bench Division). He sat in the Commercial Court and in the Administrative Court and was then Presiding Judge on the Western Circuit from 1997 to 2002.
 
Between 2002 and 2006, Lord Toulson was Chairman of the Law Commission of England and Wales, after which he was appointed to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in 2007. He has also served on the Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales.
 
Lord Toulson was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in April 2013.
 

Further information

The evening shall begin with a drinks reception in the Wills Memorial Building Great Hall at 5 pm, with the lecture beginning at 5.30 pm prompt in the Reception Rooms. Lord Toulson shall speak for about 40 minutes and then take questions.
 
Professor Michael Ford QC (employment QC of 2016) will host the evening.
 
Please register for your ticket on Eventbright.
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