Conference Programme

A Durham-Cambridge Family Law Conference

Friday 10th July 2015

• 10:30 - 11:00am: Registration & Coffee
• 11:00 - 11:15am: Welcome - Andy Hayward and Jens M. Scherpe (Organisers)

Registered Partnerships as a Functional Equivalent to Marriage
Chair Steve Kirwan (Stafford)

• 11:15 - 11:35am Denmark - Ingrid Lund-Andersen (Copenhagen)
• 11:35 - 11:55am Norway - Thomas Eeg (Bergen)
• 11:55 - 12:15pm Sweden – Margareta Brattström (Upsala)
• 12:15 - 12:35pm Iceland - David Thor Bjørgvinsson (Reykjavik)
• 12:35 - 12:50pm Discussion
• 12:50 - 1:30pm: Lunch

Registered Partnerships as an Alternative to Marriage
Chair Isabelle Rein Lescastereyres (Paris)

• 1:30 – 2:00pm Netherlands – Lynn De Schrijver (Ghent)
• 2:00 - 2:30pm France – Laurence Francoz Terminal (Lyon)
• 2:30 - 2:50pm: Discussion
• 2:50 - 3:20pm: Coffee break

The UK and Ireland - Civil Partnerships in a Time of Transition
Chair Mark Harper (London)

• 3:20 – 3:40pm Ireland – Brian Tobin (Galway)
• 3:40 – 4:00pm Scotland – Kenneth Norrie (Strathclyde)
• 4:00 – 4:20pm England & Wales - Robert Wintemute (London)
• 4:20 – 4:40pm Discussion

• 4:40 - 5:00pm: Peter Tatchell - Reflections and thoughts on the future of registered partnerships in England and Wales
• 5:00pm: End of Day 1 of the conference
• 7:30 - 8:15pm: Drinks Reception at Gonville and Caius College
• 8:15 - 10:30pm: Conference Dinner at Gonville and Caius College

Saturday 11th July 2015

• 8:30 - 9:00am: Morning coffee

Alternative Models for Registered Partnerships - Beyond Conjugality, Beyond Formality?
Chair Samantha Singer (London)

• 9:00 - 9:20am Spain – Josep Ferrer Riba (Barcelona)
• 9:20 - 9:40am Belgium – Geoffrey Willems (Louvain)
• 9:40 - 10:00am New Zealand - Margaret Briggs/Emma Peart (Otago/London)
• 10:00 - 10:20am Australia - Stevie Martin (Cambridge)
• 10:20 – 10:40am Discussion

• 10:40 - 11:00am Coffee break

Registered Partnerships, Discrimination and Human Rights
Chair Tim Amos QC (London)

• 11:00 - 11:20pm Greece – Dafni Lima (Thessaloniki)
• 11:20 – 11:40pm Human Rights (ECHR) - Helen Fenwick (Durham)
• 11:40 – 12:00pm EU Perspective – Ruth Lamont (Manchester)
• 12:00 – 12:20pm Discussion

• 12:20 – 12:30pm: Break

The Future of Registered Partnerships

• 12:30 – 1:00pm Comparative Observations - Jens M. Scherpe (Cambridge)
• 1:00 - 1:30pm Closing Address – Andy Hayward (Durham)

• 1:30pm: End of conference

8.5 accredited CPD hours.

Please note that this programme is subject to change.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the conference organisers at family2015@law.cam.ac.uk

This research project and conference are generously supported by