All Outputs (14)

Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice? (2023)
Journal Article

Pursuant to the Crown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020, television cameras have now been permitted to broadcast sentencing remarks made by Judges in Crown Courts. The first such occasion of this was in the case of R v Ben Oliver (2022).... Read More about Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice?.

‘An endlessly strange experience’: Experiences of media reporting on criminal courts during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
Report

It is well established that the news media plays a pivotal role ‘in facilitating open justice’ by reporting on the proceedings of the courts. Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the shutting of physical court rooms in England and Wales i... Read More about ‘An endlessly strange experience’: Experiences of media reporting on criminal courts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recapturing master recordings (2022)
Journal Article

Discusses proposals to grant musicians a right to recapture their copyrights in master recordings suggested by the Parliamentary Inquiry on the Economics of Music Streaming (2021). Reviews the US approach, the current UK position, and key difficultie... Read More about Recapturing master recordings.

'Arresting the decline: Court reporting in England and Wales' (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Readjusting the balance: Initial results from a pioneering project to increase court coverage (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Law, outlaw and deviancy in bro country (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is a content analysis of lyrics of songs on albums released by artists within the "Bro Country" genre from 2012 - 2017 to read for topics relating to deviant conduct, the presence of law and the outlaw. Analysis shows a questionable relati... Read More about Law, outlaw and deviancy in bro country.

De/Connoted messages in sports photography in national newspapers (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on a longtitudinal survey and analysis of photographs in the dedicated sports sections of three national newspapers in 2016. The survey shows that the narrative remains that sport is the province of white male athletes, and that wh... Read More about De/Connoted messages in sports photography in national newspapers.

Ethics, Legal Ethics, and the SQE (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper considers the proposals to assess ethics in conjunction with professional conduct in both SQE 1 and SQE 2, and the assessment criteria set out in relation to SOSAC A1. This paper considers how that is achieved, how students can be prepared... Read More about Ethics, Legal Ethics, and the SQE.

An exploration of the use of reflection in teaching and assessing law (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference paper reflecting on the the challenges of assessing reflection at undergraduate level across a range of Law modules, with suggestions as to how to avoid reflection being used as a recipe and how it can be inculcated for lifelong learning

Stadia safety (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Spectator safety, licensing and stadia safety in UK and European Football. In light of the jury verdicts in the Hillsborough Inquest (2016), this paper looks back to see whether the stated aims of the Taylor Report have been met, or whether Governmen... Read More about Stadia safety.

The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice (2016)
Journal Article

The new version of the Editors’ Code of Conduct was published in December 2015, the first new version of the Code since the formation of IPSO and the first since the Leveson Inquiry on Press Standards criticised the PCC, the effectiveness of the Code... Read More about The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice.

Stand up for seating: Why all-seated football stadia should be reconsidered (2014)
Journal Article

A consideration of the Taylor Report and subsequent legislation to consider whether safe standing could be introduced at English football stadia

The UK experience with programme quotas: The independent television sector (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A consideration of the impact of EU Broadcast Quotas as implemented in the UK by OFCOM and the BBC

Discretion no more (1996)
Journal Article

Considering the sections of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 which enable beneficiaries to remove trustees