Guest Lectures Prof. Tamara Hervey (The City Law School) and Judge Cecil Philip Rostant (Judicial College of England and Wales)

We are pleased to inform that we are hosting a visiting lecturers Prof. Tamara Hervey from The City Law School and Judge Cecil Philip Rostant from Judicial College of England and Wales.
 
    
Our Guests will give lecture on: „The UK after Brexit: Perspectives from a European Law Scholar and a Judge” on Wednesday, April 17, 2024; 11:30 CET/Council Hall (Sala Rady Wydziału WPiA)
This guest seminar will provide an analysis of the legal and judicial changes in the UK following Brexit, assess their impact on international relations, and offer perspectives on the future interactions of the UK with the EU and the global community. It presents a unique opportunity to enhance your understanding of international law post-Brexit through engagements with leading legal professionals.
We cordially invite all students, faculty members, interested professionals, and academics of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk

Tamara K. Hervey (LLB (Hons) (Glasgow), PhD (Sheffield), Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health) is Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law ad personam at the City Law School, City University, London. Her called-name is Tammy, and her pronouns are she/her. Hervey’s research interests include European Union health law, comparative health law, legal research methodologies and legal pedagogy. From 2016-2023, she also worked on the effects of Brexit on health law and policy. She is author of 21 books and over 200 other publications. Hervey works with a large network of academics across Europe and in North America. She also regularly co-produces work with third sector entities and with students.

Employment Judge Cecil Philip Rostant qualified as a barrister in 1981.In 1992 he was appointed as a fee-paid judge in the Social Security Tribunal and in 1995 as a fee-paid Employment Judge. In 2000 he was appointed as a salaried Employment Judge in Birmingham and then Sheffield. Throughout his career he has written for publication including for the Modern Law Review, Legal Action Group Bulletin, the Advisor Journal (which he edited between 1987 and 1995), the Industrial Law Journal and the Oxford Companion to Law. In his current capacity he is the editor The Tribunals Journal-a publication of the Judicial College of England and Wales. Employment Judge Rostant has had a longstanding interest in training and teaching. Before his appointment as a judge, he provided training on a variety of topics mainly related to employment law for a variety of public bodies and academic institutions. He was a visiting lecturer at the School of Law Sheffield University between 1990 and 2009. In 2009 was appointed the Director of Training for the Employment Tribunals of England and Wales and in 2020 became one of two Directors of Training for the Judicial College of England and Wales. In that capacity he has particular responsibility for the training of the entire Tribunals Judiciary, all judgecraft/judicial skills training across the entire judiciary of England and Wales, and also for international training. Since 2009 he has also been involved in training Judges in Europe through the Slynn Foundation (particularly in the Western Balkans), the European Rights Academy in Trier and, since 2020, for the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). He specialises in the training of conduct and ethics and in the law of discrimination. He convenes the Judgecraft Project Team for EJTN and in that capacity oversees the delivery of the EJTN’s judicial skills courses.