OM gives Hamlyn Lectures
Robin Allen QC聽(1969, PPE) gave the final Hamlyn Lecture at Middle Temple聽Hall on 5 November, on “The Most Contentious Problem: Comparing Rights in Conflict”. Mr Allen is a聽leading equality lawyer who has instructed in over 40 Supreme Court/House of Lords test cases and has twice been named “Employment Law聽Silk of the year”.
Mr Allen chose the subject: “Why does Equality seem so difficult? Three Problems in Comparison鈥� for his three lectures. You can listen to a recording of the first lecture, 鈥淭he newest problem: Making a fair comparison across all ages鈥�, held at Queen鈥檚 University Belfast. The second lecture in Edinburgh was on the issue of equal work.
is聽Joint Head of Cloisters Chambers, Bencher of Middle Temple and Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales. He acted for the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in the 鈥淕ay Cake鈥� case. The judges ruled unanimously that a baker鈥檚 refusal to make a cake for gay rights activist Gareth Lee with 鈥淪upport Gay Marriage鈥� written on it was discriminatory.
Published: 19 November 2018
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