The Denman Lecture
13 December 2012
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Phone hacking, cash for honours, parliamentary expenses, election-fixing - Can we ever trust again?
”The Denman Lecture
Thursday 13 December 2012 - 6.30pm
B301, Kedleston Road, University of Derby
The 2012 inaugural Baron Denman seminar is presented by Gerald Shamash, Professor of Public and Constitutional Law. Professor Shamash has been solicitor for the Labour Party for many years and has been at the heart of constitutional litigation, ranging from phone-hacking through cash for honours to Parliamentary expenses. His knowledge of Parliamentary and electoral law is second to none and his client list reads like a Who's Who of celebrity and power.
Professor Shamash will engage with a general audience, based on his extensive knowledge of the reality of the relationship between Parliament, the Executive and the Courts.
Thomas Denman was one of the foremost barristers of the 19th Century, second only to that of Henry Brougham. He defended the Luddites and appeared for Queen Caroline, earning the emnity of the King. After being elected to Parliament, in 1830 he was made Attorney General under Lord Grey's administration.
Two years later he was made Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and in 1834 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Denman, of Dovedale in the County of Derby. As a judge he is best remembered for his decision in the important privilege case of Stockdale v. Hansard (9 Ad. & El. I.; II Ad. & El. 253).
