THE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES 2017 QUEENS’ COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND July 2 – 8, 2017
SUNDAY, JULY 2 12:00 p.m.
Check-in at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
12:00–2:30 p.m.
Buffet Luncheon – Bar/Conservatory
7:00 p.m.
Dinner – Dining Hall Dinner in honour of The Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin for her support for The Cambridge Lectures, and in recognition of the foundational work of The Honourable Douglas Carruthers, Frank McArdle, The Honourable Robert Armstrong and Lynn Morrison. Welcome Remarks: The Honourable Justice Robert Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal After Dinner Remarks: The Honourable Justice Robert Sharpe and Patricia Jackson, Torys, Toronto
MONDAY, JULY 3 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall 8:45 a.m. Lectures - Fitzpatrick Hall “Judging in a Diverse Society” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Robert Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal Lecturer: The Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada 9:30 a.m. “2017-1917: Years of Revolution?” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Constance Hunt, retired Justice of the Alberta Court of Appeal Lecturer: Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford 11:00 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:30 a.m. “East West Street: On the Origins of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity’” Moderator: The Honourable Judge Joanne Challenger, Provincial Court of British Columbia Lecturer: Philippe Sands QC, Matrix Chambers, London and Professor of Law, University College London l:00 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall 2:15 p.m. “Doing Business in Putin’s Russia: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” Moderator: Paul Schabas, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto and Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada Lecturer: Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, London 4:15 p.m. Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers, Walnut Tree Court (weather permitting) 5:30 p.m. Reception – Walnut Tree Court Host: HE Mrs. Janice Charette, High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall Introduction: The Honourable Justice Robert Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal Before Dinner Remarks: HE Mrs. Janice Charette, High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Introduction: The Honourable Chief Justice George Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario After Dinner Remarks: The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
TUESDAY, JULY 4 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00 a.m. “Working at the International Court of Justice” Moderator: Ira Nishisato, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto Lecturer: The Honourable Judge James Crawford, International Court of Justice and Emeritus Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge 10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court
11:00 a.m. “Who Pays for Equality? Historical Musings About the Recent American Election” Moderator: The Honourable Douglas Carruthers, retired Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and former Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies Lecturer: The Honourable Judge Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School 12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall 2:00 p.m. “The U.S. Supreme Court: How Broken Is the Confirmation Process?” Moderator: The Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser, Chief Justice of Alberta Lecturer: Linda Greenhouse, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow at Yale Law School 4:15 p.m. Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers, Walnut Tree Court (rain date) 7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00 a.m. “Brexit” Moderator: Brian Smith, Q.C., Gowling WLG, Vancouver Lecturer: The Right Honourable Lord Eatwell, House of Lords and President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge 10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court 11:00 a.m. “Parliament in Court: Reflections on a Developing Jurisprudence in South Africa” Moderator: The Honourable Margaret McMurdo, recently retired President of the Queensland Court of Appeal, Australia Lecturer: Professor Kate O’Regan, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and currently, inaugural Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford 12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall 2:00 p.m. NO SCHEDULED LECTURES FREE EVENING – No dinner in Dining Hall
THURSDAY, JULY 6 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00 a.m. “Allies Among Allies: Justice Robert H. Jackson and His U.K. Colleagues on the Road to Nuremberg, 1945” Moderator: The Honourable Justice Georgina Jackson, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Lecturer: Professor John Barrett, St. John’s University School of Law, New York, New York 10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court 11:00 a.m. “Marshall Hall: A Law Unto Himself” Moderator: Guy Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa Lecturer: Sally Smith QC, One Crown Office Row, London 12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall 2:00 p.m. “Research Round-Table” Moderator: Professor Kent Roach, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Panel: Professor Neil Andrews, Professor Mark Elliot and Professor Paul Daly of the University of Cambridge Law Faculty will discuss their current research. 7:00 p.m. BBQ Dinner – Lyon Court
FRIDAY, JULY 7 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall 9:00 a.m. “Commercial Litigation: Illegality” Moderator: Pierre Bienvenu, Norton Rose Fulbright, Montreal Lecturer: Lord Grabiner QC, One Essex Court, London and Master of Clare College, University of Cambridge 10:30 a.m. Health Break – Lyon Court 11:00 a.m. “The U.K. Constitution on the Move” Moderator: Professor Constance Backhouse, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Lecturer: The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 12:30 p.m. Luncheon – Dining Hall
2:00 p.m. “Fireside Chat” Moderator: Michael Enright, CBC, Toronto Panel: The Honourable Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and The Honourable Justice Richard Wagner, Supreme Court of Canada 7:00 p.m. Dinner – Dining Hall
SATURDAY, JULY 8 6:30 a.m.
Coffee and croissants for early morning departures – Dining Hall
7:30–9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast – Dining Hall
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