Recordings and papers

Recordings of lectures and other events, along with any accompanying papers or resources, are available below. We also publish an AALS newsletter once a year – let us know if you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive this.

Freedom of Speech in International Law, July 2024

Rt Hon Lord Neuberger (past President of the UK Supreme Court) interviewed by international law judge Susan Lamb, hosted by Branch Austin McCormick.

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International Women’s Day, March 2024

First Women of the Judiciary with Dame Sian Elias (first female Chief Justice of New Zealand), Lady Hale (first female President of the UK Supreme Court), and the Honourable Debra Mortimer (first female Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia).

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Personal tribute to the Honourable David Jackson AM KC, May 2023

By Honourable Life President Ian Hunter KC including tribute from The Honourable Chief Justice Andrew Bell (New South Wales)

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So Close and Yet So Far, April 2023

The Tyranny of Distance of Family Law Issues in England and Wales and Australia – Recording of panel led by Julius Brookman (Branch Austin McCormick) with Professor Rebecca Bailey-Harris (1 Hare Court) and Professor David Hodson OBE MCIArb (International Family Law Group).

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International Women’s Day, March 2023

Celebrating Legal Leaders, welcome from AALS patron Lady Arden with Georgia Dawson (Freshfields), Rebecca Maslen-Stannage (Herbert Smith Freehills) and Samallie Kiyingi (Afreximbank).

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Terrorism on Trial in Absentia, July 2022

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon in International Law, online event co-hosted between the UK and New Zealand chapters with His Excellency the Honourable Sir David Baragwanath KNZM KC and the Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM, Chief Justice of New Zealand (patron).

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Legal Services and the Road to the UK/Australia Trade Deal, October 2021

Anne Bodley (Chair) and Catherine Brims (Law Society of England and Wales), Solicitors Journal.

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Some new (old) ideas about estoppel and election, May 2017

KR Handley QC.

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Causation in Misrepresentation, October 2014

Presentation to the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society, London UK.

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Human Rights Protection in Australia and the United Kingdom: Contrasts and Comparisons, July 2012

Chief Justice RS French AC

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Speech by Gleeson CJ, June 2008

To the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society, The Privy Council: An Australian Perspective.

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