Parliament under scrutiny

Why does Parliament make mistakes when producing legislation? Is it down to policy or errors in drafting? What happens when the courts uncover such errors?

These and other issues will be explored in a free lecture at the University of Teesside on Tuesday 24 January at 5pm. Entitled, ‘Legislative Error: When Parliament Gets it Wrong’, the lecture is open to the public and will be delivered by Ian McLeod, a Visiting Fellow, in Room A2.021, Second Floor, Clarendon Building. Coffee will be served from 4.30pm in the First Floor, Clarendon Building.

The lecture is part of the University’s School of Social Sciences & Law’s Twilight Research Series, which take place every Tuesday until 21 March at 5pm.

Ian McLeod is a former Chief Assistant Solicitor of Lincolnshire County Council and a member of the County Prosecuting Solicitor’s Department. He has also lectured in Law at Leicester Polytechnic and the City of London Polytechnic, later London Guildhall University. Following the creation of London Metropolitan University in 2002, he was appointed as Head of Law. Now retired, Ian lives in Durham and holds a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Teesside. He also holds an Associate Senior Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in the University of London, where he teaches Legislative drafting.

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