Campaigning and Public Law toolkit in-person event: Thursday 12 June 2025

Thursday 12 June 2025, 1.30-7.00pm
The agenda for the day is as follows:

13.30: Registration

14.00-14.05: Welcome from the Co-Chairs: Katie Roberts, interim CEO of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation and Melanie Carter, Head of Public and Regulatory at Stone King

14.05-14.50: Using Public Law for campaigning purposes, including how to approach costs: Melanie Carter and Aoife O’Reilly, Solicitor at Public Law Project

14.50-15.15: Interaction of charity law on campaigning and strategic litigation: Joss Saunders, General Counsel at Oxfam, and Tom Murdoch, Partner at Stone King

15.15-15.30: Case study: Katie de Kauwe, Senior Lawyer at Friends of the Earth, on joint intervention with Greenpeace UK regarding Just Stop Oil jail sentences

15.30-15.45: Human rights in international campaigning: Lizette de Howarth, senior lecturer, University of Law (formerly of A4ID and the Law Society).

15.45-16.05: Tea break

16.05-16.20: Use of surveillance and data against campaigners: Lucas Atkin, Head of Information Law at Stone King

16.20-17.25: Panel session: Opportunities and Threats for Lobbying, Campaigning, and Strategic Litigation: Chair, Rosamund McCarthy Etherington, Partner and Head of Charity Sector at Stone King; Jake Lee, Deputy Director, UK Programmes at Philanthropy Unbound and Director of Strategy and General Counsel at the Legal Education Foundation; Ravi Mehta, Barrister at Blackstone Chambers; Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Head of Public Affairs at Social Enterprise UK; Jake White, Head of Legal Advocacy, WWF; and Katie de Kauwe, Senior Lawyer at Friends of the Earth.

17.25: Close by Co-Chairs

17.30: Drinks