CALA AGM
When: 13th February 2025
Time: 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Where: APPEAL, 6th Floor, Lion House
72-75 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4NA
All members are invited to attend and we also welcome any nominations for those wishing to join the committee. Please can any nominations be sent in writing to calasecretary@outlook.com by 23rd January.
The AGM will be held in-person, however if this causes anyone wishing to attend particular difficulties please do let us know and we will do our best to accommodate
Past Events
10th October 2023: Time for change? The Law Commission’s ‘Criminal Appeals: Issues Paper
Panel discussion with the Law Commission and APPEAL, designed to coincide with its consultation on its issues paper on Criminal Appeals published in July this year.
The consultation, invites views on the law about appeals in criminal cases, including the tests applied by the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission; and laws governing post-trial retention and disclosure of evidence.
Speakers:
Professor Penney Lewis, Law Commission
Robert Kaye, Law Commission
Matt Foot, APPEAL
Abigail Bright, CALA & Doughty Street Chambers
David Emanuel KC, CALA & Garden Court Chambers
Farrhat Arshad, CALA & Doughty Street Chambers
Chaired by Henry Blaxland KC, CALA and Garden Court Chambers
Annual CALA Conference 2024
Not the Only One: Delivering Justice for the Wrongly Concvicted
Panel discussions exploring the importance of journalism and the media in highlighting miscarriages of justice; practitioners' experiences of working on miscarriage of justice cases; and the role of investigation when justice miscarries.
Speakers:
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Master Alix Beldam, Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
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Professor Penney Lewis, Commissioner for Law at the Law Commission
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Farrhat Arshad KC, Doughty Street Chambers
Panellists:
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Emily Dugan, The Guardian
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Richard Brooks, Private Eye
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Tom Wainwright, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
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Steven Bird, Director, Birds Solicitors
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Emma Torr, Co-Director, APPEAL
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Ed Henry KC, Mountford Chambers
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James Burley, Investigator, APPEAL
19th September 2024: Women's Justice: Sentence Appeals
11th July 2024: Women's Justice: A practitioners' guide to best practice
19th June 2024: Women's Justice: Time for Reform
27th April 2023, 'Criminal Appeals: A Legal Update by Dr Hannah Quirk, Reader in Criminal Law
Speakers: Dr Hannah Quirk, reader in criminal law at King's College London
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Blog post can be found here
19 November 2022, 'The State of Criminal Appeals': CALA annual in person conference, London
Speakers:
• The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Holroyde
• Farrhat Arshad, Doughty Street Chambers
• John Curtis, Criminal Cases Review Commission
• David Emanuel KC, Garden Court Chambers
• Edward Fitzgerald KC, Doughty Street Chambers
• Linda Lee, Criminal Cases Review Commission
• Professor Penney Lewis, Law Commissioner for Criminal Law
• Michelle Nelson KC, Red Lion Chambers
• Ricky Tomlinson, actor and one of the “Shrewsbury 24”
• Dr Lucy Welsh, Sussex University
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Blog post can be found here
15 July 2021, "Recent Cases of Interest in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division"
Speakers: David Emanuel QC and Farrhat Arshad
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Video recording can be found here
15 April 2021, Sentencing appeals for people with mental disorder
Speakers: Her Honour Judge Rosa Dean, Resident Judge at Harrow Crown Court and member of the Sentencing Council ; Stella Harris, barrister at Garden Court Chambers; Dr Laura Janes, solicitor and legal director at the Howard League for Penal Reform; Dr Richard Latham, consultant forensic psychiatrist; Professor Pamela Taylor, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Cardiff University and Vice-Chair, Crime in Mind; Farrhat Arshad, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers (Chair)
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Video recording can be found here
22 July 2020, "Sentencing young adults - getting it right first time” -Webinar @ 4pm. LCCSA in association with CALA.
Speakers: David Emanuel QC, Dr Laura Janes and Claire Mawer.
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More information about the webinar can be found here.
30 July 2020, "In conversation with the CCRC"- CALA and Doughty Street Chambers
Speakers: Steven Bird of Birds Solicitors and Sally Berlin of CCRC.
This session was chaired by Farrhat Arshad of Doughty Street Chambers.
24 June 2020, Timely Justice: Turning 18
Speakers: David Emanuel QC, Dr Laura Janes, Claire Mawer, Mr Justice William Davis and Dr Enys Delmage.