Marcus Keppel-Palmer's Outputs (20)

Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales  (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On 28 July 2022, the case of R v Ben Oliver made history when the sentencing remarks of Munro J were filmed and broadcast from the Old Bailey, marking the first time cameras were allowed into the Crown Court. This unarguably represented a significant... Read More about Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales .

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.

Justice in lockdown:​​ Court reporting in a ​time of Covid​ (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In response to the radical changes in the operation of criminal courts in England and Wales (E&W) wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic this paper examines the impact on court reporting and how the much-vaunted principle of open justice is operating in pr... Read More about Justice in lockdown:​​ Court reporting in a ​time of Covid​.

The digital resurrection of Margaret Thatcher: Creative, technological and legal dilemmas in the use of deepfakes in screen drama (2021)
Journal Article

This article develops from the findings of an interdisciplinary research project that has linked film practice research with computer science and law, in an exercise that seeks to digitally resurrect Margaret Thatcher to play herself in a contemporar... Read More about The digital resurrection of Margaret Thatcher: Creative, technological and legal dilemmas in the use of deepfakes in screen drama.

'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

It is criminal: The state of magistrates’ court reporting in England and Wales (2019)
Journal Article

There is a widespread perception that there has been a collapse in court reporting in England and Wales as local legacy media struggles to survive in times of falling revenues and shifting audiences. However, there is little empirical evidence with w... Read More about It is criminal: The state of magistrates’ court reporting in England and Wales.

Court reporting and local newspapers (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reported on a pilot study carried out by UWE Law and UWE Journalism in January 2018 into reporting of newsworthy stories at the Magistrates Courts. In one week, researchers saw every case heard in Bristol Magistrates Courts, coded these fo... Read More about Court reporting and local newspapers.

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.

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.

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.

The epistemological foundations of music piracy in the digital marketplace (2015)
Journal Article

This paper examines the fundamental epistemological gap between the consumers and producers of digitally based products. Using the music industry and the significance of digital products in this arena as a case study of evolving relationships between... Read More about The epistemological foundations of music piracy in the digital marketplace.

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