International Legal Meeting
Organizers:
ACADEMIC COORDINATION:
Justice Dias Toffoli | Vice President of the Supreme Federal Court
Justice João Otávio de Noronha | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice and National
Inspector at the National Council of Justice
Justice Luis Felipe Salomão | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Cesar Cunha Campos | Executive Director of FGV Projetos
ORGANIZERS:
Sidnei Gonzalez | Market Director of FGV Projetos
Marcus Livio Gomes | Federal Judge and Visiting Research Fellow at IALS/SAS at University of London
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Opening and Welcome remarks Jules Winterton | Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Ambassador Eduardo dos Santos | Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
David Hanson | Parliamentary Justice Committee at the United Kingdom Parliament
Justice Dias Toffoli | Vice President of the Supreme Federal Court
Justice João Otávio de Noronha | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice and National Inspector at the National Council of Justice
Marcio Fernandes | Brazilian Bar Association
Cesar Cunha Campos | Executive Director of FGV Projetos
W O R K S H O P B R A Z I L A N D T H E U N I T E D K I N G D O M
JULY 4TH
Senate Room | Senate House, University of London – Malet St, Bloomsbury
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
1st Panel: Judicial Organization. Legal System in the United Kingdom. External Control of the Judiciary. Independence of the Judiciary. Checks and Balances.
Chair and commentator: Justice Benedito Gonçalves | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Speakers:
Justice Ricardo Lewandowski | Justice at the Supreme Federal Court
Justice Gilmar Mendes | Justice at the Supreme Federal Court
Lord Hughes | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Professor Avrom Sherr | Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Coffee Break
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM
2nd Panel: New Technologies and the Judiciary. Electronic Evidence. Artificial Intelligence. Television and Judgments. Media Coverage.
Chair and commentator: Judge Milton Fernandes de Souza | President of the Court of
Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Speakers:
Justice Ribeiro Dantas | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Justice Gurgel de Faria | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Stephen Mason | Member of IT Panel of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales
W O R K S H O P B R A Z I L A N D T H E U N I T E D K I N G D O M
JULY 5TH
Chancellor’s Room | Senate House, University of London – Malet St, Bloomsbury
09:00 AM- 10:30 AM
3rd Panel: The Role of the Precedent. Predictability of Judicial Decisions and Legal Certainty. Style of Decisions. Reasonable Length of the Proceedings. Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Chair and commentator: Justice Joel Ilan Paciornik | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Speakers:
Justice Robin Knowles | Justice of the High Court of England and Wales
Justice Villas Bôas Cueva | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Judge Ricardo Couto | Judge at the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro and Professor at FGV
Ana Tereza Basílio | Lawyer
Professor Simon Lee | Director of Citizenship & Governance Research at the Open University
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Coffee Break
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
4th Panel: Judicial Activism and Independence of the Judiciary. Ethics and New Rights. Forced Implementation of Public Policies by the Judiciary. Balance between Justice and Politics. Civil and Criminal Liability of Magistrates by Acts of Jurisdiction.
Chair and commentator: Justice Alexandre Agra Belmonte | Justice at the Superior Court of Labor and Professor at FGV
Speakers:
Justice Antonio Saldanha Palheiro | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Judge André Fontes | President at the Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region
Judge Agostinho Teixeira | Judge at the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Professor Adam Gearey | Professor at Birkbeck University
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Justice Dias Toffoli | Vice President of the Supreme Federal Court
Justice Luis Felipe Salomão | Justice at the Superior Court of Justice
Professor Alan Brener | Teaching fellow at UCL and Queen Mary University of London
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