This will take place at Lincoln’s Inn London, WC2A 3TL on 2 October 2025. On the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Human Rights Act, our leading Landmark barristers will examine the most impactful human rights cases to date, ongoing challenges, and the future direction of rights protection in the UK.
This event will be useful to established practitioners as well as all those within an interest in human rights in practice.
The conference will not only be celebrating the 25 year anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998 coming into force, but also the launch of The Law and Practice of Human Rights book, edited by David Blundell KC, Miranda Butler and Alistair Mills and authored by a 32-strong team of expert practitioners from or affiliated with landmark Chambers. This book provides an authoritative and accessible examination of the legal framework established to give effect to the European Convention on Human Rights and the enduring role of the common law in human rights protection. During the conference, copies of the book will be available to purchase, or you can pre-order via this link - Human Rights Law and Practice, 1st edition | LexisNexis UK
Please see the full conference programme below.
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
10:00 Keynote Session - The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill
10:30 Plenary: The top 10 human rights cases of the 2020s - Tim Buley KC, David Blundell KC, Miranda Butler and Alistair Mills
11:30 Refreshment break
11:50 Breakout sessions
(i) Current issues regarding protests: balancing rights in a democracy - Alex Goodman KC, Admas Habteslasie and Charles Bishop
(ii) Article 14 ECHR: a path through the maze - Tim Buley KC, Julia Smyth KC and Claudia Hyde
12:50 Lunch
13:50 The HRA: a practitioner's guide - Julia Smyth KC, Natasha Jackson, Edward-Arash Abedian, Matthew Fraser
14:35 Refreshment break
14:55 Breakout sessions
(i) What difference do human rights make? Articles 2, 3, 5 and the common law - Fiona Scolding KC, Alex Goodman KC and Charles Bishop
(ii) Article 8 and A1P1: how does the ECHR protect property? - Richard Turney KC, Admas Habteslasie and Katharine Elliot
16:00 Closing Panel; Human rights in the next 25 years (with Q&A), followed by the award of the Inaugural Richard Drabble KC Essay Prize for Human Rights Law - David Blundell KC, Miranda Butler, Alistair Mills, Joe Tomlinson (Professor of Administrative Law at King's College London) and Arianne Griffith
17:00 Close
