Labour Party Legal Guru Talks On Politics and Corruption
11 December 2012
The Labour Party's chief solicitor Gerald Shamash will talk on politics and corruption in government.
Gerald continues to be on the frontline today and his talk promises to get to the heart of what Parliament must now do to restore its battered reputation with the public
”Kevin Bampton, Head of the School of Law and Criminology.
The Labour Party's chief solicitor for more than 20 years will tackle the question of Parliamentary sleaze head-on, in a free public talk at the University of Derby.
Gerald Shamash has been the Labour Party's solicitor since 1990. In this position he's advised Ministers of the Blair and Brown governments on national legislative issues; and more recently represented party politicians embroiled in phone-hacking, cash for honours and expenses questions.
His talk - entitled Phone hacking, cash for honours, parliamentary expenses, election-fixing - Can we ever trust again? - will be given at the University of Derby's Courtroom (Room OL2), at the main Kedleston Road site in Derby, at 6.30pm on Thursday December 13.
The free public lecture - aimed at a general audience as well as legal professionals - has been organised by the School of Law and Criminology as the first annual University 'Denman Lecture'. It is named after Baron Thomas Denman, a renowned 19th Century lawyer who defended the Luddites (workers who smashed textile mill machines to defend their jobs), and went on to become Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice.
Kevin Bampton, Head of the School of Law and Criminology, said: "It's an honour for the University of Derby to have somebody of Gerald Shamash's standing come and speak here.
"For more than 20 years he has been in the thick of really big political issues, such as election law and boundary reforms. Gerald continues to be on the frontline today and his talk promises to get to the heart of what Parliament must now do to restore its battered reputation with the public."
To book a place to attend this free lecture visit University web page www.derby.ac.uk/law/events/denman or contact the School of Law and Criminology on 01332 592191, or email: j.drummond.child@derby.ac.uk
For further press information please contact Sean Kirby, University of Derby Press and PR Officer, on 01332 591891 or email: s.kirby@derby.ac.uk
