Upcoming BAFS Events
Venue: Gray's Inn
A multi-disciplinary meeting to discuss and debate the place of neuroscience in the law, now and in the future.
Agenda:
Morning: Specific Topics in Neuroscience and the Law
Chairs: Tracy Alexander, Siobhan Grey QC.
09:00—Registration
09:40—Welcome
09.45—Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb – ‘Setting the scene’
10.05—Madeleine Payne (UCL) 'Adolescent sociocognitive development and implications for the law'
10.35—Dr Huw Williams (Exeter) – Head Injury in offenders.
11.05—Coffee
11.25—Prof Heather Flowe (Birmingham) – Alcohol and substance misuse in offenders
11.55 —Prof Keith Rix (Chester) Automatism cases as the law stands
12.25—Prof Ronnie Mackay (De Montfort) – Automatism as the Law Commission proposes
12.40—General discussion.
13:00—Lunch
Afternoon: The future of Neuroscience in the Law.
Chairs: Prof Michael Kopelman, Siobhan Grey QC
Discussion/Debate: ‘Will Neuroscience change fundamentally the nature of court practice?’
14:00—The case for - Prof Adrian Raine (UPenn, USA)
14:20—The case for - Dr Nick Davis (Manchester Metropolitan Univ)
14:40—The case against - Prof Dennis Patterson (Surrey)
15:00—The case against - Prof Andrew Forrester (Cardiff)
15:20—General Discussion from the floor.
16:00—Summing up (Discussants):
16:00—Prof Chris Frith FRS (UCL) (Neuroscience)
16:15—Lord Hughes (Law)
16:30—Tea and Close
Closest Tube Stations:
Chancery Lane (Central line) and Holborn (Central and Picadilly line).
Accessability:
Access ramp with handrails leading up to Hall is available at the venue. Further accessability and location information can be found by clicking on the link below.