Accountability, risk and rights research
Explore our law research into accountability, risk and rights
Research in this area covers a broad range of topics within the School of Law and the Law Research Group, from employment protection to data protection and the regulation and governance of companies, to the law as it affects family members throughout their lives.
Our research feeds into governmental and parliamentary inquiries, for example, the law of succession, the sale of ivory in the UK and various equality inquiries, and is regularly published in leading academic journals within the field, including Legal Studies, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, and Company Lawyer, and in edited collections.
Our research covers the following topics
- Employment and discrimination law
- Law of property
- Testamentary Capacity
- Family law
- Law and vulnerability
- Corporate governance law
- Data protection
- Financial Crime
- IP/IT law
- Commercial Law
Recent publications
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When our paths cross again: the Supreme Court's management of related asylum and child abduction claims in G v G
Walsh, Kieran ; Atkins, Sarah. / When our paths cross again : the Supreme Court's management of related asylum and child abduction claims in G v G. In: The Modern Law Review. 2022 ; Vol. 85, No. 5. pp. 1245-1260.
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What’s law got to do with it? Is consumer law the solution to problems faced by student tenants? Property law, private rented sector, purpose built student accommodation
Walsh, Emily. / What’s law got to do with it? Is consumer law the solution to problems faced by student tenants? Property law, private rented sector, purpose built student accommodation. In: Legal Studies. 2021.
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Reform of testamentary capacity: the hidden pitfalls of replacing Banks v Goodfellow with the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Bedford, Daniel ; Brook, Juliet. / Reform of testamentary capacity: the hidden pitfalls of replacing Banks v Goodfellow with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. In: Law Quarterly Review. 2022.
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Our data? An examination of the possible role of individual consent in the regulation of posthumous medical data donation (PMDD)
Pearce, Henry. / Our data? An examination of the possible role of individual consent in the regulation of posthumous medical data donation (PMDD). In: Computer Law & Security Review . 2022 ; Vol. 45.
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Equality, Discrimination and the Law
Connolly, Michael. / Equality, Discrimination and the Law. 1st ed. Routledge, 2022. 252 p.
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A behavioural analysis of the future of collective redress for financial consumers following the Supreme Court decision in Merricks v Mastercard
Atkinson, Joanne. / A behavioural analysis of the future of collective redress for financial consumers following the Supreme Court decision in Merricks v Mastercard. In: Liverpool Law Review. 2022.
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