Professional training for judges
I have provided professional training on digital evidence and electronic signatures:-
One-day ‘Workshop on Electronic Evidence’ for the Turkish Bar Associations (Ankara, 28 January 2012)
‘E-evidence: Validity and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings’ run by the Academy of European Law (Escuela Judicial de España, Barcelona, 26-27 May 2011)
‘Some reflections by the defence’ at a seminar entitled Cybercrime: Developing the Legal Framework in Europe organized by the Academy of European Law in London (11-12 November 2010)
Two workshops for judges and prosecutors upon the request of Counselor Abdul Rahmnan M. Al Baloushi, Director of International Cooperation Administration at the Ministry of Justice, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
‘Cyber crime’ (2–3 June 2010).
‘Electronic evidence’ (10–11 May 2009).
‘The implementation of Community regulations in national legislation: IT offences in the strict sense of the word and offences committed using IT’, at a judicial seminar entitled: Investigation, Prosecution and Judgment of Information Technology Crime: Legal framework and criminal policy in the European Union, held for judges and public prosecutors specializing in dealing with cybercrime, organized within the framework of the European Judicial Training Network, (Tuesday 25 November 2008 to Friday 28 November 2008 at the Hôtel Jean de Bohême, Durbuy, Belgium).
Lecture on digital evidence and electronic signatures to lawyers and judges of the high court in Pune (India 2008).
I undertook a training film on electronic signatures for the Judicial Studies Board in England & Wales. It is distributed as a web cast from the Judicial Studies Board web site. (2006-2007).
One-day course for members of the judiciary in Nicosia, at which the Honourable Justice Frixos Nicolaides of the Supreme Court attended (Cyprus, 2007).
Gave a lecture to the Presidetn and members of the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court in Bangkok on electronic evidence (Thailand, 2006).
I have spoken at the following conferences:
The Role of Information and Communication Technology in the Administration of Commercial Justice a pan-African judges conference sponsored by the World Bank, organized by the High Court Commercial Division of Tanzania and held at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge Hotel, (Arusha, Tanzania, September 2007).
Continuing professional development conference for European judges Cybercriminalité en Europe, held at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature (Paris, 2007).
Professional training for lawyers
I have provided a number of courses for CPD for the CPD Channel and given lectures to or on behalf of:
Ahmedabad Management Association, India
Bar of Barbados
British Standards Institute
Cambridge Europe & Technology Club
Central Law Training
CIPFA Better Governance Forum
College of Law
Cranfield School of Management
Henley Management College
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
International Association of Young Lawyers
ILS Law College, Pune, India
Local Government Group Law Society
Singapore Academy of Law
Scottish Society for Computers and Law
Society for Computers and Law
