22 December 2010
Dr Patrick Capps, Reader in Law at the University of Bristol, has been appointed Herbert Smith Visiting Fellow at University of Cambridge. In a project supported by the University of Cambridge Herbert Smith Visiting Fellow Scheme, Patrick will work with Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht on Hersch Lauterpacht's unpublished lectures delivered at the London School of Economics in the 1920s and 1930s. This project affords these scholars a unique opportunity to consider some of the earliest formulations of Lauterpacht's most important ideas about the international legal order.
21 December 2010
With serious questions over the reliability of the fibres evidence used at his trial, the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP) has called for the conviction of Simon Hall to be quashed. Mr Hall, whose case was investigated by the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP), is the first case worked on by an innocence project in the UK to be referred back to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Founded and directed by Dr Michael Naughton, the UoBIP is a pro bono initiative, which involves students working on real cases of prisoners maintaining innocence who have exhausted the normal appeals process and the legal aid system. It is also the first innocence project to be established in the UK and has spawned the creation of innocence projects in over 30 universities in the UK in the last five years.
17 December 2010
Dr Judy Laing, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, has co-edited the third edition of 'Principles of Medical Law', which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2010. The book provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of medical law whilst also seeking to set the law in context and critique its application.
13 December 2010
Dr. Jonathan Burnside, Reader in Biblical Law, has been appointed TC Beirne Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the School of Law, University of Queensland.
11 December 2010
At a time of great concern about the future of fair access to Higher Education, particularly for already underrepresented groups, the University of Bristol Law School is engaged in an exciting new venture for A-level students in the South West region. The School has just launched the Pathways to Law scheme, a four year initiative designed to provide opportunities for 150 students from local state schools who are interested in a career in law. Jointly run by the School of Law and Widening Participation Office, supported and funded by The College of Law and The Sutton Trust, the programme targets students from under-represented backgrounds and provides support throughout years 12 and 13, and beyond into university.
10 December 2010
Professor Achilles Skordas, along with fifteen other authors has contributed to a Commentary on European migration law. The Commentary on EU Immigration and Asylum Law, edited by Kay Hailbronner, and published by C.H. Beck, Hart, and Nomos (1568 pages), fills a major gap in the academic writing on immigration and asylum law.
26 November 2010
An introduction to wrongful convictions and how they might be challenged is the focus of a new book, written by Dr Michael Naughton, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), University of Bristol.
25 November 2010
Dr Eric Descheemaeker of the School of Law was the winner of the SLS Best Paper Prize 2010 with "Truth as a Defence in the Law of Defamation". The winning article will appear in the first issue of Legal Studies in 2011.
24 November 2010
Simon Hall, convicted of the murder of 79 year old Joan Albert in February 2003, had his case referred back to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in October 2009 following a series of submissions by the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP). The appeal will begin on December 7th 2010, and is scheduled to run over three days.
23 November 2010
Dr Michael Naughton and Gabe Tan of the University of Bristol Innocence Project and the Innocent Network UK (INUK) will be amongst those speaking at an open meeting at the House of Commons, sponsored by John McDonnell MP, on the topic of 'Is the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) Fit For Purpose?' on Tuesday 30 November 2010, 18:30 - 20:30.