New Intellectual Property Journal launched by Queen Mary
13 April 2011
LLM in Intellectual Property, MSc Management of Intellectual Property, Certificate in Intellectual Property

Dr Prakash Shah at Workshop on Families: Deviance, Diversity and Law 5-6 May, Spain
12 April 2011

Queen Mary and Oxford Academics Launch New Law Blog
12 April 2011

Professor Rosa Lastra at BIICL's 11th Annual WTO Conference 25-26 May 2011
11 April 2011

George Hinde Moot Competition 2011
11 April 2011

'Laugh out Loud' essay wins vacation scheme for Queen Mary law student
8 April 2011

Dr Tom O'Shea to speak at International Tax Conference in Lithuania 7-8 April 2011
6 April 2011

Queen Mary Moot Team beat Oxford to win ELSA Contract Moot Competition 2011
5 April 2011

Second Workshop on Promoting Equality and Diversity through Economic Crisis (PEDEC)
1 April 2011

March 2011

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak at the European Society of International Law
30 March 2011

Professor Eric Heinze to speak at the seminar 'Hate Speech Bans: For and Against' on 6 April 2011 at University of Copenhagen
28 March 2011

Queen Mary Law PhD student: ‘Nominet faces criminal liability over websites’
25 March 2011

Dr Stavros Brekoulakis to speak at Conference on Complex Arbitrations at Columbia University, USA
24 March 2011

Podcast of Rabinder Singh QC's lecture: 'The Changing Nature of the Judicial Process'
18 March 2011

Queen Mary students Runners-up in 2011 London Universities Mooting Shield
18 March 2011

Professor Lizzie Barmes' article 'The Diversity Approach to Achieving Equality: Potential and Pitfalls' selected to celebrate 40th anniversary of Industrial Law Journal
15 March 2011

Dr Julia Hörnle joins Authority for Television On-Demand
14 March 2011

Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak on a new architecture for the global climate change agenda at New York University
11 March 2011

Cheliotis guest lectures at the University of Westminster
9 March 2011

Malleson's Podcast for International Women's Day 1911-2011
8 March 2011

Professor Rosa Lastra to speak on 'Systemic Risk' at the MOCOMILA meeting on 29 April 2011
7 March 2011

Queen Mary Law Marketing Manager to attend QS World Grad Tour Fair in Rome on 5 March 2011
1 March 2011

February 2011

Dr Prakash Shah to speak on "Islamic law in Britain and Europe" at Kingston University on 17 March 2011
28 February 2011

Queen Mary Student wins University of London's Georg Schwarzenberger Prize for Best Performance in LLM International Law
28 February 2011
Elisabeth Lees is one of three joint winners for 2010-2011 of the University of London’s Georg Schwarzenburger Prize for the best performance on the LLM in International Law. Many congratulations to Elisabeth, who now practises in Grand Cayman.

Professor Mitsilegas at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
28 February 2011
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas addressed a Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on Data Protection and Privacy, held at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna on 21 February 2011. The meeting focused on the development of the future role of the Agency in the field of privacy and data protection and the issues discussed included judicial redress, privacy in the digital era and data protection in the EU.

Dr Duncan Matthews' new book published 'Intellectual Property, Human Rights And Development The Role of NGOs and Social Movements'
23 February 2011
Dr Duncan Matthews' new book 'Intellectual Property, Human Rights And Development The Role of NGOs and Social Movements' is published by Edward Elgar.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on “The Role of the G-3 in the Creation of a Global Climate Change Agreement” at Dalhousie University, Canada
21 February 2011
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on “The Role of the G-3 in the Creation of a Global Climate Change Agreement” as a panelist at 'The EU and Transatlantic Relations: Security and Political Economy Issues' Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada on 10-12 April 2011.

School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London is shortlisted for the Sustained Contribution to Best Practice Award by the Global Arbitration Review
21 February 2011
The Global Arbitration Review (GAR) is a leading arbitration journal. It has shortlisted five groups for the Sustained Contribution to Best Practice Award, BA committee on arbitration, ICC Institute, OGEMID, UNCITRAL working group and the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London. The winner will be announced on 3 March 2011.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas appointed Global Research Fellow at New York University
16 February 2011
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcs has been selected to become a Global Research Fellow within the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University School of Law.

Dr Guido Westkamp's new book 'Privacy and Publicity' is published
14 February 2011
You can order Dr Guido Westkamp's 'Privacy & Publicity' book from www.nomos-shop.de

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas has been invited to speak on "Variable Geometry in Climate Change Negotiations: The Role of the Asia Pacific Region,"
10 February 2011
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas has been invited to speak on "Variable Geometry in Climate Change Negotiations: The Role of the Asia Pacific Region," as a Panelist at the conference Contemporary International Law Issues in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges, Grand Formosa Regent, Taipei, Taiwan, 29 May - 1 June 2011.

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis elected to editorial board of the British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society
10 February 2011
Leonidas K Cheliotis has been elected to sit on the editorial board of the British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, one of the world's top criminology journals. The British Journal of Criminology is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime & Justice Studies.

Lord Phillips launches judicial independence project
9 February 2011
The President of the UK Supreme Court, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, gave a lecture on 8 February to launch a three year AHRC-funded research project on ‘The Politics of Judicial Independence in Britain’s Changing Constitution’ which is being undertaken jointly by the School of Law at Queen Mary, the Constitution Unit at University College London and the School of Law at the University of Birmingham.

Dr Phoebe Okowa appointed as Hauser Global Visiting Professor at New York University
8 February 2011
Dr Phoebe Okowa has been appointed a Hauser Global Visiting Professor at New York University, School of Law for autumn 2011. During her tenure she will teach a course on disputed topics in international law of armed conflict and international criminal law. In addition she will continue research for her book on Sovereignty Contests and the Protection of Natural Resources in Conflict Zones.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas awarded international fellowship for research at World Trade Institute
3 February 2011
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas an international fellowship to conduct research at the World Trade Institute (University of Bern) on the interface of climate change, international trade, and energy law.

January 2011

Dr Leal-Arcas to speak on “The Climate Change Challenge: China’s Position” at the Asian Law Institute Annual Conference in Japan 26-27 May 2011
31 January 2011
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on “The Climate Change Challenge: China’s Position” as a Panelist at the 8th Asian Law Institute Annual Conference Law in a Sustainable Asia, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Japan, 26-27 May 2011.For more information see: law.nus.edu.sg

Dr Duncan Matthews' research paper on “Patents in the Global Economy”, commissioned by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
31 January 2011
Dr Duncan Matthews' research paper on “Patents in the Global Economy”, commissioned by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) as independent evidence for UK government policy has been published by the Intellectual Property Office.

Dr Prakash Shah speaking on 'Transnational Families and British Law: the Role of an Expert Witness' at the Aga Khan University, London, 10 March 2011
31 January 2011

Dr Duncan Matthews appointed to the IPO Trade and Development Expert Advisory Group
27 January 2011
Dr Duncan Matthews was appointed to the Intellectual Property Office Trade and Development Expert Advisory Group in January 2011.

Over £400,000 of studentships available for postgraduate study in the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London
26 January 2011

Sir David Baragwanath is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the School of Law in 2011
26 January 2011
After the BCL, Sir David Baragwanath had a career in New Zealand ending in the Court of Appeal. He is now sitting on the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Queen Mary LLM student wins major award for top thesis in International Tax Law
25 January 2011
The John Avery Jones Thesis 2010 prize was awarded to Gauthier Cruysmans who studied on the LLM in Tax Law programme at the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London.

Margaret Cunningham advocates the holistic approach to legal education at UKCLE's Annual Conference 2011
25 January 2011
Margaret Cunningham will represent Queen Mary, University of London and present at the annual conference of the UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE) on 28-29 January 2011 at the University of Warwick.

Dr Tom O'Shea speaking at 6th Annual 'Avoir Fiscal' EU Tax Conference on 28 January 2011
20 January 2011
Dr Tom O’Shea will present “From Avoir Fiscal to SGI – three ‘types’ of tax avoidance to consider” at the 6th Annual 'Avoir Fiscal' EU Tax Conference at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 28 January 2011.

Dr Prakash Shah to give a paper at the Workshop on Marriage, Family and Migration in Bristol on 20 January 2011
6 January 2011

Dr Leal-Arcas on 'Towards the Creation of a Global Climate Agreement'
4 January 2011
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas has been invited to speak on “Towards the Creation of a Global Climate Agreement based on the Success of International Trade Agreements” at the conference The Third Lagos State Summit on Climate Change, Lagos, Nigeria, 8-10 February 2011.

Professor Andrew Le Sueur elected to International Association of Constitutional Law
4 January 2011

New papers in the Queen Mary, Law Working Papers series
4 January 2011

December 2010

Professor George Walker awarded Leverhulme Fellowship for Financial Law
22 December 2010
Professor George Walker has been awarded the Leverhulme Fellowship for two years, commencing October 2011.

Workshop on Promoting Equality and Diversity through Economic Crisis (PEDEC)
21 December 2010
PEDEC workshopScholars, activists and practitioners met at Queen Mary, University of London on 15 December under the auspices of the PEDEC Research Network at a workshop to discuss the implications of the current economic downturn for the promotion of equality and diversity.

Dr Ann Mumford invited to be 'Chair of Gender Studies' by the British Council in Spain in December 2010
14 December 2010
The British Council Spain has an agreement with the University Complutense and the Autonomous Government of Madrid to invite a British academic to come each year to occupy what is known as the "Chair of Gender Studies". This means that the visiting academic gives one lecture on an area related to Gender Studies to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the University.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas participated in the conference 'Energy Law Futures: Markets, Environment and Security?'
8 December 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas participated in the conference 'Energy Law Futures: Markets, Environment and Security?' at the Centre for European Legal Studies of Cambridge University, in partnership with the Energy Law Research Forum.

November 2010

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis guest-edits a high-profile special issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice on ‘Neoliberalism and Penality’
30 November 2010
Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis has guest-edited a high-profile special issue (volume 10, issue 4) of Criminology & Criminal Justice, the official journal of the British Society of Criminology, on ‘Neoliberalism and Penality: Reflections on the Work of Loïc Wacquant’.

Dr Prakash Shah presented “Muslim Women and Marriage in Trans-jurisdictional Contexts” at the CMRB at UEL
26 November 2010
Dr Prakash Shah, Queen Mary, University of London presented “Muslim Women and Marriage in Trans-jurisdictional Contexts” at the Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging in the University of East London on 24 November 2010.

Professor Loukas Mistelis delivered the 2010 Alexander Lecture of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on 23 November
23 November 2010
Professor Loukas Mistelis is Director of the School of International Arbitration in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). His lecture topic was "The Many Faces of International Arbitration".

The good, the bad and the ugly terms of Cloud Computing
23 November 2010
A survey of 31 Cloud computing contracts from 27 different providers has found that many include clauses that could have a significant impact, often negative, on the rights and interests of customers. The survey formed part of the Cloud Legal Project at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), within the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London.

Professor Peter Alldridge ‘Points to consider when applying for an LLM’ in the FT.com
22 November 2010
Professor Peter Alldridge gives advice to those considering to study for their LLM, saying that students should choose carefully based on their own needs.

Queen Mary success in East London and Surrounds Inter-Varsity Mooting Competition
19 November 2010
Queen Mary, University of London was represented by two teams in the new East London and Surrounds Inter-Varsity Mooting Competition at Stratford Magistrates Court on Wednesday 17 November 2010.

Major research project into Peace Process launched
17 November 2010
A major new project dealing with conflict and the peace process was launched on Friday 12 November at a packed event in Dundalk Institute of Technology.

CCLS 30th Anniversary Conference The UK Supreme Court and the Constitution' - 3 November 2010
14 November 2010

New papers in the Queen Mary, Law Working Papers series
12 November 2010
New working papers are now available in the Queen Mary, University of London's Legal Scholarship Network - Legal Studies Research Paper Series Vol. 2, No. 6: September 30, 2010

Professor Rachael Mulheron comments on Class Actions and GLOs in The Guardian
10 November 2010
A new breed of class actions are being positioned as a supplement to the current system: instead of people having to 'opt in' to the action, everyone affected will be deemed included unless they actively 'opt out'.

Queen Mary Student Pro Bono Group raise record sum for the Whitechapel Mission
9 November 2010
Law students in the Queen Mary Student Pro Bono Group have raised nearly £2,800, for the Whitechapel Mission.

Professor Chris Reed - 'First Amendment means US internet guidelines unlikely to be tightened, say experts'
5 November 2010
Experts say that extremist religious material is unlikely to be removed from websites in the US because of the First Amendment to the constitution that protects free speech.

Professor Peter Alldridge - UK set to pass legislation to curb bribery
5 November 2010
New legislation being introduced will make it an offence for British companies and their employees to be involved in any kind of bribery, which occurred during the Commonwealth Games earlier in the year.

CCLS 30th Anniversary Conference 'The UK Supreme Court and the Constitution'
3 November 2010
On 3 November 2010, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, held a conference to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The conference examined the first year of the UK Supreme Court and, more broadly, key developments in English law.

Professor Mitsilegas addresses the European Borders Agency (Frontex)
3 November 2010
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas Valsamis Mitsilegas participated in the Frontex Capacity Building Stakeholders Conference which took place in Warsaw on 28-29 October 2010.

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis elected to a Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University
1 November 2010
Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis has been elected to a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, Oxford University, starting in January 2011.

October 2010

Professor Eric Heinze spoke on 'The challenges of human rights in an era of globalisation' at the The Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme alumni conference
28 October 2010
The event featured a panel discussion about the potential repercussions of the US Supreme Court’s decision in the Holder vs Humanitarian Law Project case. Professor Eric Heinze was on the panel, which included longstanding human rights activist, Bianca Jagger.

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis to give a guest lecture at University College Dublin
28 October 2010
Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis will give a guest lecture entitled 'The Psychopolitics of Crime Control under Neoliberal Capitalism: A Frommian View' at the Institute of Criminology, School of Law, University College Dublin, on 28 October 2010.

New Edition of Blackstone's Criminal Practice
28 October 2010
A new edition of Blackstone’s Criminal Practice was released on 14 October 2010. This is one of the leading practitioner manuals in criminal justice and is co-edited by Professor David Ormerod with Rt Hon Lord Justice Hooper.

Dr Sejal Parmar spoke at Genocide Denial Conference
28 October 2010
Dr Sejal Parmer, Visiting Lecturer in Human Rights at Queen Mary, spoke at the Genocide Denial Conference on 23-24 September at the University of Leicester.

Dr Maher Dabbah's new book is published: International and Comparative Competition Law
28 October 2010
Maher Dabbah’s new book, International and Comparative Competition Law has been published by Cambridge University Press.

International Tax Law lectures by Dr Christiana HJI Panayi
26 October 2010

27 October 2010 at the Centre of European Legal Studies, Cambridge University, UK
5 November 2010 at New York University, USA
10 November 2010 at Boston College, USA

Three Queen Mary law PhD students are to present papers at LSPI-ILTC-IPLC 2010 on 3-5 November in Barcelona
19 October 2010
Georgina Tsagas, Noriswadi Ismail and Yonit Manor Percival are to present their papers in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis has been elected to serve as Country Survey Editor of the European Journal of Criminology
19 October 2010
Dr Cheliotis already sits on the editorial board of the journal. Published jointly by Sage Publications and the European Society of Criminology, the European Journal of Criminology is the prime European source for authoritative information on crime and criminal justice issues.

Jonathan Griffiths is participating in the Copyrights and Wrongs panel discussion as part of the Inside Out Festival on 27 October
19 October 2010
Jonathan Griffiths, who specialises in intellectual property law at the Queen Mary, University of London, is participating in a discussion on Copyrights and Wrongs at the British Society on 27 October.

Dr Prakash Shah and Dr Derya Bayir to present first results of Socio-legal Adaptation of British Immigrants in Turkey project at TRANSMIG on 4-5 November
19 October 2010
Dr Prakash Shah and Dr Derya Bayir (a former doctoral student at Queen Mary) have completed the fieldwork stage of a project investigating the Socio-legal Adaptation of British Immigrants in Turkey, funded by the Nuffield Foundation (£8,000) and the British Institute in Ankara (£1,000).

Dr Prakash Shah is to present a lecture on "Muslim women and marriage in trans-jurisdictional contexts" at SOAS on 20 October 2010
18 October 2010
Dr Prakash Shah is to present a lecture on "Muslim women and marriage in trans-jurisdictional contexts" at the Joint Seminar Series organised by the SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, and Department of Development Studies, on 20 October 2010 in SOAS Room G51, 5-7 pm.

Global Survey Reveals Corporate Choices in International Arbitration
6 October 2010
This week sees the results of a major survey on international arbitration by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London, sponsored by global law firm White & Case LLP.

Anniversary seminar for the Supreme Court
4 October 2010
Professor Andrew Le Sueur and Professor Kate Malleson were invited by the Supreme Court to organise a seminar to mark the first year of the work of the Supreme Court.

September 2010

Queen Mary staff at LLM events in Paris, Italy and Frankfurt during October 2010
28 September 2010
Sue Sullivan, LLM programme coordinator will be attending the LLM law forum at the QS World Grad Tour in Paris and Milan and Professor Loukas Mistelis, Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration will be at e-fellows net LLM Day in Frankfurt.

Dr Julia Hörnle on Mobile phones: "Gambling and gaming: prison or a safe bet?" on 30 September 2010
23 September 2010
Dr Julia Hörnle, Senior Lecturer in Internet Law at Queen Mary, University of London, is to take part in discussions on Mobile phones: "Gambling and gaming: prison or a safe bet?" at the Society for Computers and Law event on 30 September 2010.

Professor Eric Heinze presented a paper at the Annual Conference of the UK Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
23 September 2010
Professor Eric Heinze's presented his paper 'Plato on Freedom and Citizenship' at the Annual Conference of the United Kingdom Section of the Internationale Vereinigung für Rechtsphilosophie (IVR) at the University of Birmingham on 21-22 September 2010.

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis' edited collection is published: 'Roots, Rites and Sites of Resistance: The Banality of Good'
23 September 2010
Dr Leonidas Cheliotis is Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Criminal Justice Centre at Queen Mary, University of London.

Obituary for Lord Bingham, former chair of CCLS advisory council
16 September 2010
Lord Bingham of Cornhill died on 11 September 2010 at the age of 76. He is widely recognized as one of the top judges since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Professor Eric Heinze: 'On Churches and Dictators: The Pope comes to Britain' in the Washington Post
15 September 2010
Professor Heinze comments on the Pope's forthcoming visit to Britain and Ann Widdecombe's defensive remarks on the Church.

Professor Kate Malleson: Vote trading 'leading to unqualified ICC judges'
9 September 2010
Some of the world’s most senior judges are unqualified with little experience because of politicised voting systems and a lack of transparency.

Professor Kenneth Armstrong presents research findings at a major conference on social Europe organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EU
9 September 2010
Following the publication of his book, Governing Social Inclusion: Europeanization through Policy Coordination (Oxford UP, 2010), Professor Armstrong will be presenting some of his findings at a conference organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EU on the future of EU social policy coordination.

August 2010

Dr Tom O'Shea gave Tax Law talk to Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue
19 August 2010
Dr Tom O'Shea gave a talk for Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue (HMRC) in Manchester on Thursday 19 August 2010. It was entitled - " Lisbon Treaty Update and Recent ECJ Cases".

Obituary for Stuart Andrews
16 August 2010
Stuart Andrews, teacher of Medical Law and Ethics at Queen Mary, University of London, died suddenly on Wednesday 28 July 2010.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas selected by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Europe at a gathering of young leaders in Taiwan from 5 to 16 July 2010
9 August 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas met in Taiwan with other young leaders from Taiwan, Africa, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere to discuss issues of general concern in today’s globalised world.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas invited to speak at a conference on Global Governance and International Rule of Law in the People’s Republic of China on 30-31 July 2010
9 August 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas delivered two speeches and was the speaker responsible for the closing ceremony at an international conference organized by the Center for Jurisprudence Research, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.

Dr Christiana HJI Panayi to give a lecture on EU Tax law at Cambridge University on 27 October 2010
9 August 2010
Dr Christiana HJI Panayi to give a lecture on 'The cross-border movement of companies and EU tax law – recent developments' at Cambridge University on 27 October 2010.

Professor Richard Ashcroft ''Why rewards work better than nannying''
6 August 2010
Professor Richard Ashcroft responds to comments made by health secretary Andrew Lansley, who says the general public should be more responsible for their general health.

July 2010

Queen Mary IP and Computer Law experts awarded £47,000 by Microsoft Corporation for research on Open Source software licences
29 July 2010
Professor Ian Walden and Noam Shemtov have been awarded a gift of £47,500 by Microsoft Corporation to conduct research on Open Source Software licenses.

Dr Leonidas Cheliotis ‘Manila: Scales of Justice’
27 July 2010
New Bilibid prison in Manila is the home of the 100-member Bureau of Corrections Grand Orchestra and Chorale—made up of convicted thieves, kidnappers, and murderers.

Gavin Sutter ‘Where to now for English Libel Law?’
27 July 2010
Gavin Sutter, lecturer in Media Law at Queen Mary, comments on The Defamation Bill which is due to go before the committee approval in the House of Lords.

Law Summer Graduation Day 2010
16 July 2010
Congratulations to all who graduated from the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London this summer. Law students were awarded their degrees at the graduation ceremony held on 15 July 2010 in the Queens Building.

Professor Mitsilegas addresses US and EU officials and experts on privacy and transatlantic security
15 July 2010
Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas took part in a Workshop on Transatlantic Security, Data Sharing and Privacy Protection, organised by the Atlantic Council at Washington DC on 9 July 2010.

Professor Ian Walden ‘Look ahead – not back to disasters’
12 July 2010
Professor Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law at Queen Mary, was amongst speakers at the Public Service Events' Information Governance conference.

Judicial Review around the world - Professor Kate Malleson
5 July 2010
A paper given by Professor Kate Malleson at the International Political Science Association conference in Bologna on 21-23 June 2010 was reported in the Israeli media.

June 2010

Dr Ann Mumford invited to speak on the importance of inter-disciplinary research in tax law at Warwick Business School
30 June 2010
Dr Ann Mumford was invited to speak at Warwick Business School. She discussed the importance of inter-disciplinary research in tax law, before an audience consisting of Warwick Business School staff and early career tax academics.

Postgraduate International Law students can now publish articles in the "International Community Law Review" journal
21 June 2010
LLM and PhD students focusing on International Law can now publish articles in the "International Community Law Review", which aims to explore the implications of various traditions of international law, as well as more current perceived hegemonic trends for the idea of an international community.

PhD student to present workshop on 'Data Protection and Privacy Law: Strategic Implementation for Organisations' in Malaysia on 29 June 2010
15 June 2010
Noriswadi Ismail, a current PhD candidate at the Institute of Computer and Communications Laws, CCLS, School of Law will conduct a one day masterclass workshop on "Data Protection and Privacy Law: Strategic Implementation for Organisations" on 29 June 2010.

Robust consumer protection laws needed to close internet loopholes
15 June 2010
Governments the world over must do more to safeguard internet shoppers from ‘rogue’ traders and their online scams, a new study from Queen Mary, University of London suggests.

New book series: 'Queen Mary Studies in International Law'
15 June 2010
The Department of Law at Queen Mary, University of London, has started a new book series called 'Queen Mary Studies in International Law'.

New papers in our Working Papers series
14 June 2010
New working papers are now available in the Queen Mary, University of London's Legal Scholarship Network - Legal Studies Research Paper Series:

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas' book is published 'International Trade and Investment Law: Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Governance'
9 June 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas' latest book examines international trade and investment law at various levels of governance, including unilateral, bilateral, regional, and multilateral arrangements.

Law Alumnus appointed new Senator and Attorney General to Trinidad and Tobago
9 June 2010
Anand Ramlogan (Law 1994) has been appointed and sworn-in as a Senator and the new Attorney General to the parliament of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

Professor Eric Heinze to deliver keynote speech at 'Law and Politics: Democracy, Human Rights and Power' conference on 11 June 2010
9 June 2010
Professor Eric Heinze to deliver the keynote speech "Rights Consciousness and the Mass Media” at the 2010 Westminster Graduate Conference on 11 June 2010.

Lawless Israel? Professor Eric Heinze comments in The Washington Post online
9 June 2010
Professor Eric Heinze discusses international law and the world’s perception of Israel through the media lens.

Law School at Queen Mary is rated best in the capital
8 June 2010
Queen Mary, University of London’s School of Law has been ranked first in London and third nationwide in The Guardian’s annual university guide.

Dr Jill Marshall provides expert opinion to the Council of Europe Committee for Equal Opportunities between women and men
4 June 2010
Dr Jill MarshallOn 27 May 2010, Dr Jill Marshall provided an expert opinion to the Council of Europe Committee for Equal Opportunities between women and men.

Queen Mary LLM alumna elected to the Bench in Botswana
4 June 2010
Mrs Leatile Dambe has been appointed as a High Court Judge in Botswana, Africa. Mrs Dambe holds a Master of Laws (LLM) specialising in banking and finance law from Queen Mary, University of London.

Dr Prakash Shah to present a lecture on 'Muslims in the West: Legal and Social Concerns' in Berlin on 8-9 June 2010
3 June 2010
Dr Prakash Shah will be presenting a lecture on 'Muslims in the West: Legal and Social Concerns' at a course for German diplomats titled: Muslim Contexts: Perspectives & Challenges at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, 8-9 June 2010.

Dr Prakash Shah to organise workshop on Legal Practice and Accommodation in Multicultural Europe 3-4 June 2010
3 June 2010
Dr Prakash Shah is organising a workshop on Legal Practice and Accommodation in Multicultural Europe together with Professor Marie-Claire Foblets (Catholic University Leuven) at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), Onati, Basque Country, Spain.

May 2010

Professor Van Bueren gives an insight to the legal profession in South Africa for lawyers potentially visiting the country for the World Cup in The Times Online
27 May 2010
Professor Geraldine Van Bueren gives an insight to the legal profession in South Africa for lawyers potentially visiting the country for the World Cup.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas spoke at Sciences Po, Paris on the links between Multilateralism and Regionalism in Trade Law.
25 May 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas was invited to speak on 25 May 2010 at the law school of the prestigious Sciences Po in Paris about the dangers of the current proliferation of regional trade agreements for the multilateral trading system. For further information see sciences-po.eu

Queen Mary Law PhD student presents paper at Symposium on 'Understanding Diaspora: The Case of Kurds in London' at Leicester University
24 May 2010
Latif Tas a current PhD student at the School of Law presented a paper on 'Kurds in the UK: Legal Pluralism and Dispute Resolution in the Diaspora' at a recent seminar at Leicester University on 14 May 2010.

Professor Loukas Mistelis, Director of the School of International Arbitration - Launch of international arbitration survey sponsored by White and Case LLP
24 May 2010
A major survey on international arbitration by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London, sponsored by global law firm White & Case, is canvassing the views of in-house counsel in key markets worldwide.

Angie Raymond delivered a paper at 'The World Bank and the Modern Law Review Conference on Secured Transactions'
18 May 2010
Angie Raymond delivered a paper at the one-day Conference entitled 'The World Bank and the Modern Law Review Conference on International Legal Standards on Secured Transactions, Facilitation of Credit and Financial Crisis' on 14 May 2010.

Dr Leonidas K Cheliotis has been elected to sit on the editorial board of the European Journal of Criminology
17 May 2010
Published jointly by Sage Publications and the European Society of Criminology, the European Journal of Criminology is the prime European source for authoritative information on crime and criminal justice issues.

Professor Mitsilegas addresses Eurojust on its future and the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office
17 May 2010
Professor MitsilegasAt the invitation of the President of Eurojust, Mr Aled Williams, Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas addressed the College of Eurojust on 28 April. The session formed part of the activities of the Task Force on the Future of Eurojust, whose purpose is to reflect on the future development of Eurojust under the Lisbon Treaty and the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office.Eurojust is a judicial cooperation body created to help provide safety within an area of freedom, security and justice.

Healthcare in the Big Society - Professor Richard Ashcroft's Inaugural Lecture
17 May 2010
Politicians who advocate patients taking greater control of their own healthcare fail to understand what really motivates people, says a bio-ethics expert at Queen Mary, University of London.

Professor Ian Walden to speak at 'What the Future Holds for Information Governance within the UK' on 20 May 2010
12 May 2010
Professor Ian Walden will speak on “Cloud computing and the effective governance of information” at the Information, Governance, Risk and Compliance conference on Thursday 20 May 2010 at the Barbican Centre, London.

Professor Kate Malleson and Professor Lizzie Barmes awarded AHRC Network Grant
11 May 2010
The Law Department has been successful in its joint AHRC bid with Queen Mary colleagues from the Department of Geography and the School of Business and Management for a two year award to set up a Research Network on Promoting Equality and Diversity Through Economic Crisis.

Intellectual Property Institute joins Queen Mary
10 May 2010
Queen Mary, University of London has entered a landmark agreement with the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI). The IPI now operates from the School of Law's Centre for Commercial Law Studies, in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in collaboration with the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute (QMIPRI).

Dr Prakash Shah on 'Trans-jurisdictional marriage and family reunification for refugees in the United Kingdom' in Istanbul on 8 May
6 May 2010
Dr Prakash Shah is to present his paper "Trans-jurisdictional marriage and family reunification for refugees in the United Kingdom" at the Conference on Contemporary Developments Concerning Refugees and Displaced Persons on 8 May 2010 in Istanbul.

April 2010

The Inter-departmental Philosophy Programme presents: 'The Forces of Monotheism' a lecture by Professor Julia Kristeva on 25 May 2010
29 April 2010
This lecture will be delivered by psychoanalyst, literary and cultural critic and novelist Professor Julia Kristeva. The lecture is entitled The forces of Monotheism.

Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas comments in the New York Times on privacy law issues raised by airline passenger records
29 April 2010
Airline passenger records raise significant issues with privacy laws. Information on European travellers is passed to authorities in the US if they are flying there; although some are concerned this information will be mis-managed.

Modern Law Review seminar at Queen Mary – proceedings now published
27 April 2010
The proceedings from the Modern Law Review seminar on Extraterritorial Immigration Control have now been published as a book titled ‘Extraterritorial Immigration Control – Legal Challenges’.

Queen Mary's International Economic Law experts invited to speak at the Annual WTO Conference
26 April 2010
Professor Rosa Lastra and Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas have been invited to speak at the Tenth Annual World Trade Organisation Conference on 19-20 May 2010.

New working papers in our Legal Studies Research Papers Series
23 April 2010
You can now view contributions from the Legal Scholarship Network at Queen Mary, University of London on our new Working Papers Series page.

Dr Maher Dabbah spoke on Eradicating Poverty - Can Competition Law Play a Role? on 21 April 2010
21 April 2010
Dr Maher Dabbah addressed representative of various governments from the developing world, practitioners, representatives of international organisations and regulators on "Can competition law play a role in eradicating extreme poverty" at a high level event held at the law firm Simmons & Simmons on 21 April 2010.

Proposed class actions for financial services claims
16 April 2010
Professor Rachael Mulheron, of the School of Law, comments on the withdrawal of the proposed class actions for financial services claims: The recent demise of the proposed collective (class) actions regime for financial services claims was an important consequence of the legislative ‘wash-up’ which followed the announcement, on 6 April, of the general election.

Professor Loukas Mistelis comments in the FT - why companies use arbitration for conflict resolution
16 April 2010
More companies than ever use arbitration for conflict-resolution Professor Loukas Mistelis, of Queen Mary, University of London explains why in the FT.

Field Fisher Waterhouse Prize 2010 - Congratulations to the winning Legal Advice Centre student advisers!
14 April 2010
The Field Fisher Waterhouse Prize is an annual prize for Student Advisers in the School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre (LAC).

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas to speak on “China’s International Economic Law and Legal Pluralism in Asia: Between Multilateralism and Regionalism” in Malaysia on 25-26 May
13 April 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas is invited to speak at the 6th Asian Law Institute conference to be held at the International Islamic University, Malaysia, on 25 and 26 May 2010.

Professor Ormerod joins Law Commission
6 April 2010
A top legal academic at Queen Mary, University of London has been appointed a Law Commissioner by the Secretary of State for Justice.

Queen Mary wins Attorney General Award
6 April 2010
The Legal Advice Centre at Queen Mary, University of London won at the Attorney General Student Awards at the House of Lords on Tuesday 30 March.

March 2010

Listen to the podcast of Shami Chakrabarti's 'Faith and Rights in the Workplace'.
31 March 2010
The School of Law's annual Butterworth Lecture on Law and Society was held on 23 March 2010. The guest speaker was Shami Chakrabarti a leading civil liberties campaigner and lawyer.

George Hinde Moot Final 2010
29 March 2010
The grand final of Queen Mary's undergraduate internal mooting competition, The George Hinde Moot, was held on Thursday 25 March 2010 in the Octagon.

Professor Richard Nobles and Professor David Schiff to chair a session at the Council for European Studies International Conference in April
29 March 2010
Professor Richard Nobles and Professor David Schiff will be jointly chairing a session at the Council for European Studies Seventeenth International Conference, Montreal, Canada, 15-17 April 2010.

Professor Kate Malleson: Inequality in appointment of new Supreme Court Justice
25 March 2010
Following the appointment of Sir John Dyson to the Supreme Court, the Equal Justices Initiative (EJI) today expressed disappointment at the missed opportunity to appoint a second woman to the Court.

Professor Richard Ashcroft contributes to new report on 'passive smoking and children'
24 March 2010
A report has revealed that 22,000 children exposed to cigarette smoke seek medical attention for asthma or wheezing every year. The first UK report into passive smoking has urged doctors to call for an extension to the smoking ban to include additional public spaces such as cars, playgrounds and parks.

“Standing on the Shoulders of Giants” Knowledge sharing and legal research excellence at the School of Law
22 March 2010
The Legal Research Conference “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants” was held in the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) on 19 March 2010. The conference was initiated and organised by Burcu Kılıç, Marc D Mimler, Martin A Kuppers and Gaetano Dimita, current PhD students at the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London.

‘Bribery Reforms: Professor Peter Alldridge interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Law in Action’
11 March 2010
Professor Peter Alldridge, financial crime specialist and Head of the Department of Law, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Law in Action’ programme on Tuesday 9 March 2010.

Professor Chris Reed ‘Chatroulette is 'predator's paradise', experts say’
2 March 2010
Chatroulette.com has become a global internet sensation but it poses risks to users and is proving to be challenging for law enforcers. The site connects users to millions of other strangers around the world via video chat forums, although a large number of them are exposing themselves.

February 2010

Professor Eric Heinze article in the Washington Post: Ancient Greek philosophy for the modern world
26 February 2010
Professor Heinze wrote a comment piece about science and religion in the media. He said: “The usual question is: 'Are they compatible?' In its challenges both to religious dogma and to strict empiricism, the Greek legacy of metaphysical thought underscores the shortcomings of both. It offers further grounds for questioning orthodoxies, both scientific and religious.”

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas selected to join Lord Mayor's delegation to Saudi Arabia
26 February 2010
Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas has been selected to take part in the Lord Mayor's business delegation to reinforce commercial ties between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UK. The main purpose of the visit is to foster ties between the two nations and identify opportunities for them to work together in order to open up financial markets in the Gulf.

Queen Mary MSc Law and Finance student wins essay contest
25 February 2010
Nana Esi Atsem, a current student on the MSc Law and Finance programme won the $7,500 prize in an essay contest on banking regulation.

Professor Loukas Mistelis to speak at International Arbitration events in Australia and Germany
17 February 2010

Angie Raymond to speak on "Comparing business environments in Europe, the US and Asia", EU Studies Fair Seminar, Brussels, Friday 12 February
11 February 2010
Along with representatives from the European Commission, the US mission to the EU, and Luc van den Brande, outgoing President of the Committee of the Regions, Angie Raymond, Co-LLM Director will be speaking on "Comparing business environments in Europe, the US and Asia", as part of the 11th EU Studies Fair Seminar, Brussels, Friday 12 February.

Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas' new book published
9 February 2010
International Trade and Investment Law: Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Governance [PDF 166kb] (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010), 350 pages; ISBN-13: 978 1 84980 319 9.

Dr Prakash Shah is part of an EU FP7 programme project 'RELIGARE'
9 February 2010
The programme project, RELIGARE, includes 13 partner institutions in 11 EU countries and Turkey, with leading experts in law, sociology and anthropology.

Dr Maher Dabbah participates in high level proceedings in the European Parliament
8 February 2010
The proceedings, held on 2 February 2010, dealt with the European Commission's anti-cartel enforcement. They were designed to explore ways in which deterrence and efficiency can be enhanced in cartel investigations.

Funding success for "Access to Justice" research project
3 February 2010
Professor Takis Tridimas and Dr Gabriel Gari were awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to carry out a statistical analysis of the case law of the European Court of Justice on judicial review.

£120,745 awarded for 'Beyond Text' research project
3 February 2010
Professor Uma Suthersanen has been awarded a grant of £120,745.00 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the Small Grants (Beyond Text) Scheme.

CCLS at the Supreme Court
1 February 2010
On 27 January 2010, the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered one of its most important judgments so far. In A v HM Treasury [2010] UKSC 2 the Court held that the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 and the Al-Qaida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 were unlawful on the ground that they did not give the affected persons an effective remedy against their designation by the United Nations Sanctions Committee as suspected terrorists.

January 2010

Professor David Ormerod on “The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Policing and Crime Act 2009”
21 January 2010
Professor David Ormerod delivered a lecture for 6 King’s Bench Walk at the Reform Club on “The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Policing and Crime Act 2009”

Queen Mary alumnus named a Lord Justice of Appeal
21 January 2010
One of the first law graduates at Queen Mary, University of London has just been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal by Her Majesty, the Queen.

Professor David Ormerod on the use of polygraph and lie detector evidence
19 January 2010
Professor David Ormerod delivered a paper to the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee in Parliament on the use of polygraph and lie detector evidence in criminal trials.

Equal Justices Initiative Launched
19 January 2010
Professor Kate Malleson and Professor Lizzie Barmes, together with a group of colleagues in academia and legal practice, have launched a new initiative to promote the equal participation of men and women in the judiciary.

Department of Law Professors elected as Benchers of Middle Temple
18 January 2010
Kate Malleson, Andrew Le Sueur and David Ormerod have been elected as Benchers of Middle Temple.

External Mooting Success for Queen Mary mooting team
11 January 2010
The Queen Mary undergraduate mooting team demonstrated their excellent mooting skills in the autumn term 2009.

Law Winter Graduation 2009
6 January 2010
Congratulations to the Class of 2009 who graduated from the School of Law at Queen Mary, University of London in December 2009.

International Constitutional Law summer school for CCLS students
4 January 2010
CCLS students will continue to benefit from a fully-paid NICLAS summer school in Vienna and Budapest thanks to Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas who successfully negotiated a three-year agreement for Queen Mary, University of London.

Dr Kern Alexander to present report on financial transactions to the European Parliament
4 January 2010
Dr Kern Alexander co-authored a commissioned report by the European Parliament entitled 'Clearing and Settlement in the EU' that analyses the legal and regulatory framework of clearing and settling financial transactions in European financial markets and the need to control systemic risks.