Gerald Gordon Seminar on Criminal Law
On the 11th and 12th of June 2009, a two day seminar, followed by a public lecture by Lord Hope of Craighead, was held in honour of Sir Gerald Gordon CBE QC LLD. A Festschrift, Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon, was published the following year.
Following the success of this event, a decision was taken to establish the Gerald Gordon Seminar on Criminal Law as an annual generalist criminal law seminar. These seminars have been supported by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education and the Faculty of Advocates, while the 2009 public lecture received additional support from W. Green. Full details of the 2009-2024 seminars can be found on this site. No seminar took place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The sixteenth seminar will take place on Friday 13 June 2025 at the University of Glasgow campus, when the following speakers will present:
- Aura Bamber (Warwick): "The right to custodial legal advice, in law or in limbo?"
- Dr Andrew Cornford (Edinburgh): “Controlling prosecutorial discretion”
- Dr Rachel Ferguson (Glasgow Caledonian): “Sexual offences against children in the practice of the criminal law”
- Dr Kate Leader (Queen Mary): “Defendants as victims: a scoping study of vulnerability, victimhood and safeguards from charge to conviction"
- Dr Rachel McPherson (Glasgow): “The use of non-harassment orders in sentencing"
- Tania Nascimento (Strathclyde): "The emotion work of restorative justice facilitators"
- Professor David Ormerod (UCL): "The Independent Review of Criminal Courts - Phase 1"
There is no charge for attendance but places are limited. Please register online here. Any questions can be sent to james.chalmers@glasgow.ac.uk.