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This event is hosted by the LSE’s Global School of Sustainability, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and the LSE Law School.
This event celebrates the 80th birthday and distinguished legal career of Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill, CVO, retired Justice of the UK Supreme Court. During his tenure at the Supreme Court, Lord Carnwath gave many leading judgments, particularly on issues relating to planning and the environment, property, rating, local government and administrative law. Lord Carnwath has been a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute since 2021.
In his short lecture, Lord Carnwath will reflect on the role of the courts, at home and abroad, in the development of environmental and climate change law over the last two decades. He will draw on both his experience as a judge, and as a participant in international judicial exchanges.
Lord Carnwath’s lecture will be followed by an intervention from Justice Brian Preston AO FRSN SC, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, who will speak of Lord Carnwath’s contributions to environmental, planning and property law, through both judgments and extra-judicial writings.
These interventions will be followed by a short Q&A session moderated by Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute. The event will be chaired by David Kershaw, Dean of LSE Law School.
The event will be recorded and will be followed by a short reception.
Speakers:
- Lord Robert Carnwath is a Former Justice of the UK Supreme Court and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, an honorary professor of law at University College London, a Visiting Professor of Oxford University, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
- Justice Brian Preston is the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court in New South Wales (NSW). He is a Visiting Professor at Durham University (UK) and an Adjunct Professor at Sydney University, Western Sydney University and Southern Cross University (all in Australia). He is Vice President (Oceania) of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment and Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific.
- Dr. Joana Setzer is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Dr Setzer is also the Co-lead of the Mobilizing political, legal and governance systems theme of LSE’s new Global School of Sustainability and the lead author of the Global Trends in Climate Litigation Snapshot Report series.
- Professor David Kershaw is Dean of LSE Law School. He is also a member of the LSE Council, the Governing Body of LSE, and an Associate Tenant at Cornerstone Barristers.
