When: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMWhere: Room 2.10, Second Floor, School of Law Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS
To conclude this academic year the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre will be facilitating thought-provoking conversations around current issues in the legal field.
Climate change challenges present organizations (e.g., companies, corporations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)), communities, and citizens with the need to redefine current views on corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a voluntary luxury as being a necessity. By mid-century, climate challenges are expected to seriously disrupt business-as-usual and change the way citizens live their lives around the world. Indeed, many countries are already experiencing the vanguard of challenges and many organizations are planning for the projected risks they will face (e.g., limited clean water, expensive and unreliable energy).
To discuss these issues we are delighted to welcome a number of leading practitioners and academics working in this developing area of law. The event will be chaired by Sir Robin Knowles, who is patron of the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre.
Sir Robin Knowles (Chair) is a High Court Judge, with day-to-day responsibility for the global forum of the world’s commercial courts - Mr Justice Robin Knowles - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Professor David Whyte is the Director of the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London Law School. His research focusses on the relationship between law and corporate power.
Sir William Blair is Professor of Financial Law and Ethics at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. He served as a High Court Judge in England and Wales for nearly ten years, and was Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court from 2016.
Jodie Blackstock is a Barrister at Garden Court and a member of Lawyers Are Responsible. She specialises in public law and human rights and was previously Legal Director at JUSTICE.
Alexander Rhodes is a Partner at Mischon de Reya and has particular expertise in the resolution of complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, usually with reputational aspects, and public affairs.
Monika Sobiecki is a current student at QMUL undertaking an LLM in Energy and Climate Change Law
Ida Levine is on the Board of the Impact Investing Institute and serves on the Financial Markets Law.
After the panel discussion, there will be a small reception at the end to meet the panellists and keep the conversation going.
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