UKELA Conference

in conjunction with WWF, ClientEarth & UCL

A First Response to the Environment Bill: The New Body, the Courts, and the Future of UK Environmental Law

Monday 14 January 2019

 Programme

1 pm Registration and Coffee

1.30 pm Introduction and Welcome from Anne Johnstone, UKELA Chair 

1.35 pm First Responses to the Bill

Chair: Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, UKELA President 

Speakers: Begonia Filgueira, co-Chair, UKELA's Brexit Task Force & Legal Director, Foot Anstey; Edward Lockhart Mummery, Project Convenor, Broadway Initiative: Ruth Chambers,  Greener UK; Professor Liz Fisher, Professor of Environmental Law, Oxford University. 

2.30 pm The Proposed Environmental Body and the Courts

Chair: Debbie Tripley, WWF 

Speakers: Professor Maria Lee, Professor of Laws, UCL; Professor Richard Macrory QC, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, UCL: Judge Alison McKenna, General Regulatory Chamber President; Tim Buley, Landmark Chambers 

3.20pm TEA BREAK

3:40pm View from the Devolved Administrations

Chair: Angus Evers, co-Chair, UKELA's Brexit Task Force & Partner, Shoosmiths

Speakers: Professor Colin Reid, Professor of Environmental Law, Dundee University; Dr Viviane Gravey, Lecturer in European Politics, Queen's University Belfast; Lori Frater, Head of Policy, Welsh Government 

4.20 pm Review and What’s Next: Panel discussion

Chair: David Baldock, Senior Fellow, IEEP

Speakers: Andrew Bryce, ABESAC Consultancy; Professor Eloise Scotford, Professor of Environmental Law, UCL; Dr Tom West, ClientEarth; David Wolfe QC, Matrix Chambers;

4:55pm Closing remarks: Anne Johnstone, UKELA Chair

5pm Drinks/networking until 6pm 

*UKELA reserves the right to substitute any speakers/chairs