This page contains details of our latest news and events. This is our current calendar of events for 2026 (subject to change):
LIVERPOOL BUSINESS & PROPERTY COURT FORUM – Programme of events for 2026
2026
January – “Kids Company – a Critical Analysis” – Dr. John Tribe (University of Liverpool) – Venue: Atrium at Exchange Station, Hundred Court Chambers, 5-7pm on Thursday 29th Jan 2026. Chaired by HHJ Cadwallader.
February – “Bunkers and buffets: claims for the price of goods.” – Mr Justice Henshaw – 10th February 2026 – Event Space, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, from 5pm. Chaired by HHJ Cadwallader.
March – Title TBC – Scott Cowley and Amie Boothman of Exchange Chambers. Venue: Hundred Court Chambers, Tuesday 31st March 2026, 5pm – Chaired by HHJ Cadwallader. Sign up details will appear here shortly.
April – Mr Justice Leech, Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster – “Is cross-examination the “engine of truth”? Gestmin revisited, and the importance of oral evidence.” – 21st April 2026 -Venue: Hundred Court Chambers, Liverpool. Chaired by HHJ Cadwallader. Sign up details will appear here shortly.
May – “Part26A Restructuring and Creative Destruction” Dr. John Wood (Lancaster University) – Venue: Hundred Court Chambers, Liverpool. Chaired by HHJ Cadwallader.
June – Hundred Court Chambers/Exchange Chambers – chaired by HHJ Cadwallader
July – Annual Summer Drinks Reception – venue TBC
August – Holiday period – no event.
September – Business and Property Court Solicitors in Liverpool – chaired by HHJ Cadwallader
October – Professor John Lowry (UCL) – Title TBC, venue: Hundred Court Chambers, Liverpool – chaired by HHJ Cadwallader
November – TBC – chaired by HHJ Cadwallader
December – Annual Christmas Drinks Reception – venue TBC
Past Events:
MARCH 2024
UK Supreme Court Justice Lord Burrows will deliver a keynote lecture as part of the anniversary celebrations of 130 years of Law at the University of Liverpool.
Title of Lecture: ‘Precedent and Overruling in the UK Supreme Court’
Speaker: Lord Burrows – Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Date: Monday 18th March 2024
Time: 5.30 – 6.30pm (followed by drinks a reception in the Victoria Gallery & Museum atrium)
Venue: Leggate Lecture Theatre, Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool
Booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-law-and-social-justice-university-of-liverpool/t-qjxopkp
Biography
Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Burrows
Andrew Stephen Burrows became a Justice of the Supreme Court in June 2020.
He was educated at Prescot Grammar School, Knowsley, Merseyside and Brasenose College, Oxford. He has been a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers since 1989.
He was appointed QC (hon) in 2003 and is an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple. He has been sitting as a part-time judge for over 20 years, first as a Recorder and then as a Deputy High Court Judge.
He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales (1994-1999) and the President of the Society of Legal Scholars (2015-16). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2007 and has written many books and articles especially on contract, tort, unjust enrichment, and statute law.
He was formerly Professor of the Law of England at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College.
