Sanctions - getting it right and getting it wrong, 13th October 2026 at 6:00-7:00

This seminar is online and free to attend but registration is required here 

Speakers include Kevin Dent KC and Danielle Barden who were involved in a recent prosecution and James Clark of Quillon who succesfully challenged a designation.

A flyer is available here

The SFO and EU Cooperation on Fraud - Online 16th June 2026: 6:00-7:30

The European Criminal Law Association UK (ECLA UK) is pleased to host a timely and engaging seminar exploring the evolving role of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in international cooperation on fraud and corruption. This event will bring together practitioners, academics, and others with an interest in European criminal law for an informed and interactive discussion conducted under Chatham House Rules.

The session will examine the SFO’s current strategic priorities and its approach to tackling cross-border economic crime. It will focus on key developments in international cooperation, such as recent agreements with France’s Parquet National Financier (PNF) and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, as well as the broader challenges and opportunities facing the SFO in a post-Brexit landscape. 

Format: The seminar will take the form of a moderated discussion, with opportunities for audience questions

Attendance is free but registration is required here. A flyer for the event is available here

A recording of the session is available here

The re-emergence of the political offence exception in Extradition?

The seminar will be held online on Tuesday 28th April 2026. A flyer will be available here and register here 

The Rule of Law in Crisis

Monday 2 March 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm

This lecture explores the mounting pressures facing the rule of law in periods of profound political and constitutional stress. It examines how political antagonism fuels attacks on judicial independence, including attempts to delegitimise courts through accusations of partisan “lawfare.” 

The session will also consider the expanding use of executive power—such as unwarranted pardons—and how such practices undermine accountability, ethical standards in public life, and long‑standing constitutional norms. Finally, it analyses the growing tendency of political actors to blur or distort concepts of sovereignty in order to evade scrutiny, and reflects on what these developments mean for the resilience of the rule of law in democratic societies.

 

Speaker Bio:

 

Sir Howard Morrison KC was the UK judge at both the United Nations International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia where he was a trial judge in the case of Radovan Karadzic and the International Criminal Court where he was President of the Appeals Division.  

He is an honorary Professor of International Law at Warwick, Leicester and Northumbria Universities and a Senior Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at Cambridge University.  Since leaving the ICC he was appointed the UK Independent Advisor to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General and President of the Court of Appeal of the British Indian Ocean Territories. He trains counter-terrorism judges in the Middle East and is a law of armed conflict advisor at the Ministry of Defence.

Attendance

This event will be held in hybrid format.
You are warmly invited to join us in person in the Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Palatine Centre Durham Law School, Stockton Road, Durham (room PCL048).

If you are unable to attend in person, you may join online via the following link:
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What is new in Extradition and Proceeds of Crime - 16th December at 5:00 pm

Attendence is free but please register here  https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/75c6ae49-613c-43a6-bb1a-72839cdd58c3@7250d88b-4b68-4529-be44-d59a2d8a6f94

Speakers Danielle Barden and Rebecca Hill of 5 St Andrews Hill and His Honour Michael Hopmeier

A Flyer is available here 

Interesting presentations were given by the Speakers. An update on the proposals to amend s20 Extradition Act 2003 and some of the key Extradition cases of 2025 may be found here.

In relation to Proceeds of Crime a number of organisations have produced reports and there have been three European Cases of note ( Koli, Sharma and Bagnall) which may be found here, here and here.

Developments in Fraud following the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023

Online seminar Tuesday 23rd September 2025 between 5:00 and 6:00 pm UK time.

Attendance is free but you need to register here 

A flyer for the event can be downloaded here