PAST EVENTS
2024
November 4
Legislation on assisted dying – A slippery slope?
Lord Sandhurst KC, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Sir Max Hill KCB KC and Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE KC
2024
July 9
Summer Reception
Guest of Honour: the Rt Hon James Cleverly
2024
July 9
Annual General Meeting
Held in the Churchill Room at the Carlton Club
2023
October 17
The Forgotten Human Right – The Rights of Parents relating to Children’s Education
Panellists: Anthony Speaight KC, Lord Sandhurst KC, Eric Kaufmann
2023
October 3
Conservative Party Conference Fringe Event ‘Personal Politics and the Rule of Law’
Hosted with the Law Society and the Bar Council. Speakers included: The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Sir Bob Neill MP, Lord Sandhurst KC
2023
June 5
Annual General Meeting
Guest speaker: The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP, Attorney General
2022
December 13
SCL Christmas Party and Reception at the Carlton Club
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE and the Lord Chancellor
2022
February 28
Q&A at the The Carlton Club
The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE QC MP
2021
December
Reception & Drinks Party at the Carlton Club
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE and Lord Wolfson QC
2020
July 8
Younger Members Virtual Social
Guest Speaker: Amanda Milling MP, Co-Chair of the Conservative Party
2020
March 11
Society Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker: The Lord Chancellor The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP at the Carlton Club
2020
February 24
Discussion No Place for Oral Hearings in the Appointment of Supreme Court Judges
Lord Sandhurst QC , Oliver Sells MP and Anthony Speaight QC discussed their recent papers
2020
January 27
Younger Members Drinks at The Red Lion
Speaker: Laura Farris MP on being a new MP
2020
January 21
Members Drinks Reception
Guest of Honour: Lord Mackay of Clashfern, President of the Society, at the Carlton Club
2019
November 13
Round Table Dinner
Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE chaired a round table discussion with Lord Garnier QC, Martin Howe QC and Professor Richard Ekins at the Carlton Club
2019
October 23
Younger Members talk
The Rt Hon Damian Hind MP in Portcullis House
2019
September 30
CPC Fringe Meeting
Vulnerability in the Justice System joint meeting with The Bar Council and Law Society, chaired by Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE
2019
July 23
Younger Members Event at The Red Lion
Guest Speaker: Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE, Chair of the Society
2019
June 24
AGM & Reception
Guest Speaker: The Rt Hon Stephen Barclay MP in The Attlee Room Portcullis House
2019
May 22
Younger Members Drinks at The Red Lion
Speaker: The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP
2019
May 13
Evening Meeting
Speaker: Daniel Janner QC (House of Commons)
2019
April 2
Younger Members Social Event
Speaker Johnny Mercer MP
2019
February 27
Annual Dinner
Speaker: The Rt Hon Geoffrey Cox, QC, MP, The Attorney General (The Farmers Club, Whitehall, London SW1)
2018
December 12
Christmas Reception
Speaker: Robert Buckland QC MP, Solicitor General
2018
October 24
Meeting in The Red Lion with Suella Braverman MP
2018
October 16
The Three Supreme Courts
Speakers: Dr Paul Yowell, Lord Faulks, Professor Dwight Newman, Professor Gregoire Webber
2018
April 17
Younger Members Reception
Speaker: Rory Stewart OBE MP, Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice (Portcullis House)
2018
March 20
Annual Dinner "The Role of the Judiciary in the United Kingdom"
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
2018
February 27
Younger Members Social Event
2018
January 22
European Court of Justice and Security Services – An Emerging Conflict?
Chair: Victoria Prentis MP. Speakers: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, The Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate, David Anderson QC and François-Henri Briard (Portcullis House)
2017
December 4
Christmas Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon Liam Fox MP Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade (Portcullis House)
2017
October 3
Fringe Meeting: "Justice in the Modern Age"
Chair: Victoria Prentis MP. Speakers: Dominic Raab MP, Minister of State for Justice; Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar; Joe Egan, President of The Law Society; Andrea Coomber, Director of JUSTICE (Co-organised with JUSTICE)
2017
October 2
Party Conference Reception
Speakers: David Lidington, Lord Chancellor (invited); Robert Buckland QC MP, Solicitor General; Victoria Prentis MP, Chair SCL Executive Committee; Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar; Joe Egan, President of the Law Society (Co-organised with the Law Society and the Bar Council)
2017
July 17
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Home Secretary (Portcullis House)
2017
July 4
Summer Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon David Lidington MP (Bishop Partridge Hall, Church House, Westminster)
2017
March 9
Annual Dinner
Speaker: The Rt Hon Ben Gummer MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Peers’ Dining Room, House of Lords)
2017
February 1
Pamela Thomas Memorial Lecture "Intelligence and Ethics"
Speaker: Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB
2016
November 28
Christmas Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Howard of Lympne CH QC (Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords)
2016
October 31
International Law: Is a new narrative needed?
Speakers: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, former Attorney General; Professor Richard Ekins, Associate Professor of Law at St John’s College Oxford and Head of the Judicial Power Project at Policy Exchange; Professor Guglielmo Verdirame, Professor of International Law at King’s College London (Portcullis House, House of Commons)
2016
October 18
Younger Members Reception
Speaker: Sir Oliver Heald QC MP, Minister for Courts and Justice (Portcullis House)
2016
October 4
Fringe Meeting: "What Should Access to Justice Mean in Practice?"
Chair: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP. Speakers: Robert Buckland QC MP, Solicitor General for England and Wales; Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar; John Hughes, President of Birmingham Law Society; Andrea Coomber, Director of JUSTICE (Co-organised with JUSTICE and the Tory Reform Group)
2016
October 3
Fringe Meeting; "Your Legal Health"
Chair: Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair of the APPG on Public Legal Education. Speakers: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, former Attorney General; The Lord Low of Dalston CBE, Chair of the Low Commission; Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Chair of the Health Select Committee; Janice Nichols, Chief Executive Birmingham Citizens Advice. Co-organised with All Party Parliamentary Group on Public Legal Education and Conservative Health
2016
October 3
Party Conference Reception
Speakers: Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, Attorney General; Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar Council; Robert Bourns, President of the Law Society (Marco Pierre White, Birmingham)
2016
June 29
Summer Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Strathclyde CH (Bishop Partridge Hall, Church House, Westminster)
2016
June 6
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP (Portcullis House)
2016
March 7
Evening Meeting
Speaker: Charles Moore, Journalist and biographer of Margaret Thatcher (Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords)
2016
February 23
Evening Seminar: "Policy and procedures when offending and mental health interact"
Chair: Sir Edward Garnier QC MP. Speakers: Ben Gummer MP, Minister for Health; Lord David Ramsbottom, former Chief Inspector of Prisons; Professor Jill Peay, London School of Economics and Political Science and Dr Andrew Forrester, Service Lead for Offender Health at the South London and Maudsley NHSFT (Co-organised with Conservative Health)
2015
November 2
Debate with Society of Labour Lawyers: “This House believes the House of Lords should be wholly, directly democratically elected”
Chairman: Carolyn Quinn, BBC Radio 4 Journalist and Political Correspondent
2015
October 19
Younger Members Reception
Hosted by Victoria Prentis MP. Speakers: Dominic Rabb MP, Minister for Human Rights (Portcullis House)
2015
October 6
JUSTICE Fringe Meeting: Doing Justice?
Chair: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve MP. Speakers: Lord Edward Faulks QC, Alistair MacDonald, QC and Andrea Coomber, Director of JUSTICE
2015
October 5
Law Society Reception
Speaker: Jeremy Wright QC MP, Attorney General (Addleshaw Goddard LLP, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester)
2015
July 7
Summer Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Bishop Partridge Hall, Church House, Westminster)
2015
June 24
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Jeremy Wright QC MP (Portcullis House)
2015
March 16
Annual Dinner
Speaker: The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP (Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords)
2015
March 9
UK Laws and English Votes: The aftermath of the Scottish Vow
Cross-party debate sponsored by the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society
2015
March 4
Pamela Thomas OBE Memorial Lecture
Given by The Rt Hon The Lord Judge
2014
November 26
Reception
Kindly supported by Tilney Bestinvest
2014
September 30
JUSTICE Fringe Meeting: Human rights, British values and Justice
Chair: Jessica Lee MP. Speakers: Lord Edward Faulks QC, Dominic Grieve, QC MP and Andrea Coomber, Director of JUSTICE
2014
September 30
The Low Commission Fringe Meeting: Tackling the Advice Deficit
Chair: Robert Buckland QC MP. Speakers: Lord Edward Faulks QC, Lord Low of Dalston CBE, Chair of the Low Commission; Phillip Taylor MBE and Julie Bishop, Director of Law Centres Network
2014
September 29
The Bar Council of England and Wales Reception
Speakers: Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, Attorney General; Nicholas Lavender QC, Chairman of the Bar Council (St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham)
2014
July 1
Drinks Reception
Hosted by: The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP and the Justice Team (Conservative Party HQ)
2014
June 25
Summer Reception on the House of Commons Terrace
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Mackay of Clashfern Kt, President, Society of Conservative Lawyers
2014
May 12
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: The Lord Faulks QC, Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy
2014
March 5
Annual Dinner: “The Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press Post-Leveson”
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE
2013
December 3
Debate: “This House deplores proposals to end benefits for the under 25s”
Chairman: Jeremy Cliffe, Political Correspondent at the Economist
2013
October 28
Student and Younger Members Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health
2013
October 21
Evening Seminar: "End-of-Life Decison-making"
Chair: The Lord Faulks QC. Speakers: Professor Raymond Tallis, Dr Sarah Cox, Richard Ottaway MP (Co-organised with Conservative Health)
2013
September 30
Fringe Event: “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Judge?”
Chair: Eleanor Laing MP Speakers: Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General; Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE; Robert Buckland MP (Co-organised with JUSTICE)
2013
July 3
Summer Reception
Speaker: Daniel Finkelstein OBE (Churchill Room, House of Commons)
2013
June 20
Political Luncheon: “Press regulation after Leveson”
Speaker: The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE (The Carlton Club)
2013
May 20
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Oliver Heald QC MP, Solicitor General (Portcullis House)
2013
April 16
Evening Seminar: The Rule of Law in International Development
Speakers: The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, the Rt Hon Sir Desmond de Silva QC, Sir Edward Garnier QC MP and the Rt Hon David Mundell MP
2013
March 7
Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker: James Mates, Journalist and News Correspondent. Hosted by The Lord Faulks of Donnington QC in the Peers' Dining Room House of Lords
2013
January 23
Seminar Supper co-hosted with the Carlton Club Political Committee: Where next on human rights?
Chair: Eleanor Laing MP. Guest Speaker: Damian Green MP, Minister for Human Rights. Other participants: Anthony Speaight QC, Jonathan Fisher QC, Lord Faulks QC and Martin Howe QC
2012
December 3
Christmas Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
2012
October 9
Fringe Event: Human Rights – Striking a balance
Chair: Eleanor Laing MP. Speakers: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General; Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy JUSTICE; Anthony Speaight QC, Member of the Commission on a Bill of Rights. Co-hosted with JUSTICE
2012
October 8
Conservative Party Conference Reception
Speaker: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General. Co-hosted with the Bar Council and the Law Society
2012
June 27
Summer Reception on the House of Commons Terrace
Speaker: Rt Hon Wililam Hague MP, Foreign Secretary
2012
May 21
Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Education Secretary
2012
April 23
Evening Seminar: Contempt – A Balancing Act
A lecture by the Attorney General, the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP