NORTH EAST PGR
LAW FORUM
CONFERENCE 2014
‘Exploring Legal
Boundaries in Modern
Society’
7th July 2014
8.30 – 9.00
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Registration – Tea and Coffee available
9.00 – 9.15
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Welcome speech – Professor Christopher Rodgers (Head of Law School),
Newcastle University
9.15 – 10.00
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Plenary Session:
Professor Christopher Rodgers, Newcastle University – ‘The used and abuses of
interdisciplinary scholarship’
10.00 – 11.00
Stephenson Building – Room T1
Company Law Stream
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Human Rights Law (Part A) Stream
Chairs:
Dr Abdul Karim Aldohni , Newcastle
University
Lida Pitsillidou, PhD Student Newcastle
University
Chairs:
Professor Christopher Rodgers,
Newcastle University
TBC
Oludara Awolalu –
Durham University
‘The Role of Statutory Derivative
Claims in Enforcing Corporate
Governance’
Sylvanus Barnabas –
Northumbria University
‘The Problem of Defining who is
Indigenous under the International
Human Rights Regime on Indigenous
People’
Samet Caliskan –
Newcastle University
‘Undesirable Behaviours Conducted
by Directors and Effectiveness of the
Mechanisms Adopted by Legal System
against Such Behaviours’
Adam Ramshaw –
Northumbria University
‘The Role of Article 8 in Housing Law –
Erasing the Public/Private Divide’
Derek Whayman –
Newcastle University
‘Bribes, Secret Commissions and
Ponzi Schemes’
Sonia Ibadin –
Newcastle University
‘The Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities: Is there a
Paradigm Shift in Defining Disability?’
11.00 – 11.15
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Tea and Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.15
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Law & Society Stream
Chairs:
Adam Jackson, Senior Lecturer Northumbria University
Lauren Clayton, PhD Student Northumbria University
George Mawhinney –
Oxford University
‘An analysis of Schedule 21 and its application by the Court of Appeal’
Kevwe Omo –
Northumbria University
‘Assessment for Learning in a Legal Community of Practice’
Oliver Bartlett –
Durham Law School
‘Everything that Kills me Makes Me Feel Alive, Everything that Drowns Me
Makes Me Want to Fly’: Legal Paternalism and the Regulation of Addictive
Substances and Behaviours’
12.15 – 13.30
Newcastle Law School Common Room
Lunch and Poster Presentations*
13.30– 14.30
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Socio-Legal Stream
Chairs:
Professor Chris Ashford, Northumbria University
Katie Bales, PhD Student Northumbria University
Zubair Abbasi –
Oxford University
‘Co-existence of Sharī‘a and the Modern State: A Historical Perspective from
South Asia’
Asta Zokaityte –
University of Kent
‘Financial literacy/illiteracy binary: exploring the relationship between
financial inequalities and edu-regulatory techniques’
Anita Madan –
Newcastle University
‘The extent to which the religious and non-religious views of individuals in a
modern multicultural society are protected by the “conscientious objection
clauses” in the Abortion Act 1967, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, and
the Assisted Dying Bill 2013-2014’
14.30 – 15.10
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Human Rights Law (Part B) Stream
Chairs:
Colin Murray, Senior Lecturer Newcastle University
Adam Ramshaw, PhD Student Northumbria University
Faris Al-Anaibi Durham University
‘The Protection of the Right to Life against Violence by Non-state Actors’
Erin Ferguson University of Strathclyde
‘Private Companies, Public Functions, and Access to Information: Should the
Freedom of Information Act be Extended?’
15.10 – 15.30
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Tea and Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.00
Stephenson Building – Room T1
Comparative Law Stream
Stephenson Building – Room T13
International Law Stream
Chairs:
Professor Sue Farran, Northumbria
University
Derek Whayman, PhD Student
Newcastle University
Chairs:
Dr Mohamed Elewa Badar,
Northumbria University
TBC
Lauren Clayton –
Northumbria University
‘Domicile The Forgotten Personal
Status: The Need For Reform In
Modern Society’
Neoclis Neocleous –
University of Leicester
‘Creation of States: In Search of the
Grey Area’
Subai Pereowai –
Newcastle University
‘An analysis of Nigeria’s
proposed taxation regime for the
Nigerian petroleum industry’
Uche Anyamele –
Durham University
‘The Effects of Transplantation of
International Trade laws on Actors in
the Domestic Legal Orders’
Prapin Nuchpiam –
Durham University
‘The Development of Social Enterprise
in Thailand: Learning from the British
Experience’
Thomas Cheney –
The Open University
‘Mining the Sky: Space Law and
Asteroid Mining’
Kevin Kennedy –
Trinity College, The University of
Dublin
‘Say Hello, Waive Goodbye – The Rise
and Rise of Limited Waiver
Agreements’
Will Mbioh –
University of Kent
‘Exploring the Boundaries of
Transnational Data Governance: EU-US
Relations and Geo-Regulatory
Techniques’
17.00 – 17.45
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Plenary Session:
Professor Sue Farran, Northumbria University – ‘The Cobweb of the Law’
17.45 – 18.00
Stephenson Building – Room T13
Closing Remarks and announcement of winner of best paper
18.00 – 20.00
Newcastle Law School Common Room
Drinks and canapés
*Poster Presentations
Gayane Atoyan, Newcastle University –
‘Why Does Nature Demand Justice?’
Samet Caliskan, Newcastle University –
‘Who Controls the Undesirable Behaviours of Directors?’
Sonia Ibadin, Newcastle University –
‘Disabling the Disability’
Anita Madan, Newcastle University –
‘What Role is there for Faith in Policy-Making on Assisted Suicide in a Multicultural and
Increasingly Secular British Society?’
Xiao Mu, University of Manchester –
‘IPRs and Well-Known Trademarks Protection in China’
Chi Zhang, University of Glasgow –
‘A Comparative Study on Venture Capital Investment Funds Regulation of Chinese and AngloAmerican Legal Systems’