All Outputs (45)

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (2020)
Book Chapter

Since the 1992 Rio Summit, increasing depletion of resources (such as land, water, energy and forests) as well as restricted access to these resources remain issues of global concern. Time and again, a lack of community engagement along with weak inf... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Changing culture? Thinking differently about police and prosecution disclosure (2020)
Book Chapter

The Law of Disclosure: A Perennial Problem in Criminal Justice (2020)
Book

The rise of managerialism: The impact of swift and (un)sure justice on disclosure in criminal proceedings (2020)
Book Chapter

‘Something to work with’ Contemporary issues with pre-charge police disclosure and the role of the defence lawyer (2020)
Book Chapter

Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper adds to the existing literature by highlighting how terrorism financiers have been able to accrue funding by different types of fraud. and it divided into five parts. The first part of the article identifies a comprehensive terrorism fina... Read More about Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities.

A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Trial Procedure in Europe: The Search for an Ideal Model (2020)
Book

The pre-trial process of England and Wales (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter analyses the core functions of the adversarial pre-trial process of England and Wales. The chapter takes a chronological approach to the how the operation of the process. Here we examine the role of the custody officer, the regulation of... Read More about The pre-trial process of England and Wales.

Decompilation and copyright in ideas - The protection of non-literal elements of computer software and the idea/expression dichotomy (2020)
Thesis

The maxim, that copyright law does not protect ideas, is frequently challenged when the established principles are tested against new forms of expression or exploitation of a work. The evolution of computer programs, its unique characteristics and th... Read More about Decompilation and copyright in ideas - The protection of non-literal elements of computer software and the idea/expression dichotomy.

Online courts and the (un)fairness of proceedings in England and Wales? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cryptoassets, social media platforms and defence against terrorism financing suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown (2020)
Journal Article

This paper is divided into three parts. Firstly, the paper presents evidence how terrorism financiers are able to operate via the Internet and social media platforms. Secondly, it enhances the understanding of the use of Defence against Terrorism Fin... Read More about Cryptoassets, social media platforms and defence against terrorism financing suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown.

The dwindling fair trial: Silence, pre-trial disclosure and self-incrimination (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach (2020)
Journal Article

Sites of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom (UK) are diminishing rapidly and the multi-functional forest management system with its fragmented approach fails effectively to protect such woodland. In the face of reports on the destruction of ancie... Read More about Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach.

Regulating the consumer credit market – protecting vulnerable consumers (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter highlights that product regulation restricts access to credit in a manner which increases the vulnerability of those who find themselves newly priced out of the market, because of the absence of viable alternatives.

A looming threat? - A survey of anti-shechita agitation in contemporary Britain (2020)
Journal Article

Following the comprehensive defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the 2019 General Election, many British Jews felt relieved that an “existential threat” had been vanquished. Subsequently, however, a different cloud has come on to the horizon: n... Read More about A looming threat? - A survey of anti-shechita agitation in contemporary Britain.

‘Rushing remand’? Pre-trial detention and bail decision-making in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article

Deprivation of liberty as part of the criminal process is always a significant step, and arguably even more so when the person so deprived has not yet been convicted of an offence. Remand decision making – that is, granting bail or requiring detentio... Read More about ‘Rushing remand’? Pre-trial detention and bail decision-making in England and Wales.

Countering the financing of terrorism: Sources of terrorism financing (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of the sources of terrorism financing. The paper focuses on the evolution of the new social networking and fraud typologies.

Counter-terrorist financing, cryptoassets, social media platforms, and suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper identifies a new and emerging terrorism funding model via cryptoassets and social media platforms – the Social Networking Funding Model. The paper enhances the understanding of the... Read More about Counter-terrorist financing, cryptoassets, social media platforms, and suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown.

AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa (2020)
Journal Article

This paper focuses on the Agreement for the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It argues that commercial activities in precolonial Africa was akin to the phenomenon of lex mercatoria in medieval Europe. It discusses tw... Read More about AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa.

Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In 1918, influenza swept across the world and is estimated to have killed between 50-100 million people in one year. Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, historians and public health specialists alike warned of our vulnerability to a new and devastati... Read More about Covid-19: “Honey, we forgot the kids”; Why many children in England have lost out in the current crisis and how educational provision needs to change.