Sun 16 Jan 2022 13:50 - 14:00 at Salon III - Short talks Chair(s): Jonathan Protzenko

In the UK, employment rights are enforced by Employment Tribunals, the courts of last resort for disputes between claimants (employees or former employees) and respondents (usually employers). The remedies available to successful claimants from Tribunals are for the most part limited to financial compensation for actual or future loss of income or injury to feelings flowing from unlawful acts on the part of respondents. When a claim is successful in showing liability, the tribunal may need to conduct an exercise in predicting/estimating future losses, usually after the claimant and respondent provide their own estimates and assumptions via legal submissions and evidence. Being able to model and estimate the value of a claim (the likely or most optimistic possible outcome for the claimant) is also important for claimants and unions or legal insurers to appreciate whether a claim is worth supporting. Probabilistic programming could provide a more structured, reusable and transparent means of representing and exchanging information about losses and the values of claims. This talk proposal will summarize the relevant aspects of the employment tribunal system and outline how a more structured and declarative approach to remedies could be beneficial.

Sun 16 Jan

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13:30 - 14:10
Short talksProLaLa at Salon III
Chair(s): Jonathan Protzenko Microsoft Research, Redmond
13:30
10m
Talk
Littleton: An Educational Environment for Property LawRemote
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Shrutarshi Basu Harvard University, Anshuman Mohan Cornell University, James Grimmelmann Cornell University, Nate Foster Cornell University
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13:40
10m
Talk
Modeling Administrative Discretion Using Goal-Directed Answer Set ProgrammingRemote
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Joaquín Arias Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Mar Moreno-Rebato Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, José Antonio Rodríguez-García Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Sascha Ossowski Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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13:50
10m
Talk
Probabilistic programming for Employment Tribunal remediesRemote
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James Cheney University of Edinburgh; Alan Turing Institute
14:00
10m
Talk
Prevalence of Expression Types in Legislative TextRemote
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Jason Morris Service Canada, Lexpedite Legal Technology