A Conversation with Lord Ericht at Strathclyde Law School (TL423)
About this Event
A Conversation with Lord Ericht
The event will be at 6pm on Thursday 24th September in room 423 of the Learning and Teaching Building (Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Wing), 49 Richmond Street, G1 1XU.
Lord Ericht is a distinguished judge that was appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session in February 2025. He has served as a judge in the Commercial Court, Judicial Lead for the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, in the UK Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) and as a Chairman of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Lord Ericht is a past President of the Scottish section of the Franco-British Lawyers Society and was appointed as a part-time visiting lecturer at the Université de Lorraine, France from 1993 – 2016. He is also the Scottish judge on the Franco-British Irish Judicial Cooperation Committee, and completed a placement at the Cour de Cassation and Conseil d’État in 2019.
Lord Ericht will be discussing the importance of languages in a legal career, studying and working abroad, and getting involved in the work of the Franco-British Legal Community.
The invite is extended to all students, staff and legal professionals. Drinks reception to follow.
About the Franco-British Lawyers Society
The following sections are from the Society’s ‘About The Society’ section of the FBLS website. More information can be found at https://ajfb-fbls.org/.
The Society is a registered charity whose purpose is to
- Advance public education and training in the practice of French law and the laws of the United Kingdom generally, and in particular in the context of the EU and its constitutive treaties.
- Facilitate arrangements and exchanges between British and French lawyers thereby contributing to the enhancement of legal, economic and cultural ties between France and the United Kingdom.
The Society promotes co-operation and understanding between the legal systems of France and the United Kingdom. It facilitates the mutual exchange of ideas, experience and learning between lawyers, jurists and judges in all parts of the two countries, and it seeks to multiply fruitful contacts and friendships among them.
Since its inception in 1988, the Society has held an Annual Colloquium in turn in France, Scotland, England and Wales, and every two years in Belfast. Since 2006, the Biennial Colloquium on Maritime Law is held in turn in England and France. Each Colloquium attracts international participation at the most senior level.
An Annual Careers Forum is organised both in England and France, responding to the needs of the Society’s student members.
There are frequent educational and social events in the four jurisdictions aimed at the varying constituencies within the Society’s broad umbrella. The Society welcomes active participation by members in shaping the programme.
These activities enjoy the support of the French and UK authorities who provide access to venues which would not normally be available, such as the House of Lords, the Cour de Cassation or the Conseil d’État. Society members enjoy precedence at all our events.
The Society is recognised as a course provider by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB); by the Law Society and the Bar Council of Northern Ireland; the Law Society and the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland; and by the École de Formation du Barreau (France).
The Society website (also available in French) contains a fund of information including many of the papers given under its auspices.
The Society, through corporate and personal benefactors, makes academic awards covering financial assistance for the promotion and development of Franco-British academic links.
The Society has pioneered the system of judicial exchange for judges from France and the United Kingdom. With its help, senior French and UK judges are now regularly invited to take part in exchange conferences and other events in the international legal calendar.
The Society awards a medal to those who have made exceptional contributions to the development of Franco-British legal relations.
Where is it happening?
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