Law
Recent Submissions
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Health and safety at work in the time of COVID-19: a social Europe reckoning?
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 20 October 2020)The shortcomings in the handling of COVID-19 highlighted the salience of health and safety at work and fuelled discussions surrounding the desirability of a European Health Union. This article conceptualises occupational ... -
Pleading guilty online: enhanced vulnerability and access to justice
(Modern Law Review, 2021)Online courts have the potential to create or exacerbate pressures to plead guilty, particularly for vulnerable defendants. I explore these pressures in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in which increasing use of ... -
Intellectual Property Rights and Access in Crisis
(Springer, 2021)The importance of access to intellectual property rights (IPR) protected subject-matter in two crucial areas – public health, and educational and cultural engagement – has been extensively demonstrated during the COVID-19 ... -
The Anatomy of "Factual Error" Miscarriages of Justice in England and Wales: A Fifty Year Review
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2021)Examining convictions that have been quashed on the basis of factual error (factual error miscarriages of justice) can provide insight into systematic problems with evidence and evidence evaluation at criminal trials and ... -
Guilty Pleas in Children: Legitimacy, Vulnerability, and the Need for Increased Protection
(Wiley, 2021)This article assesses the extent to which current guilty-plea procedure is consistent with legitimations of criminal convictions, with a focus on decision-making in child defendants. I argue that in the context of plea ...