The Public Law and Policy Research Unit invites you to attend the following event:

The expansion of secrecy in civil proceedings: Reviewing the UK experience

With the enactment of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the law in the United Kingdom now provides for closed material procedures and special advocates to be used in the full range of civil proceedings.  This seminar looks at how the Justice and Security Act has operated since it came into force in June 2013, examining the principles, the practice and the implications of what has become commonly referred to as ‘secret justice’.

Presenter: Dr Lawrence McNamara, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

Date: Tuesday 7 October 2014

Time: 1pm – 2pm

Venue: Room 1.10, Adelaide Law School

RSVP: gabrielle.appleby@adelaide.edu.au by Friday 3 October 2014

Click here for the event flyer.