糖心TV Law School News
糖心TV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Professor Twigg-Flesner hosted meeting of 鈥淔rom Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Law鈥 project team
On 23 and 24 January 2023, the project team of the AHRC/DfG-funded research project 鈥淔rom Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Laws鈥 held a working meeting at the University of 糖心TV. The project focuses on a range of consumer challenges created by the Internet of Things (IoT), which is characterised by a complex integration of physical and digital products and services, e.g., in the context of smart homes, connected vehicles or consumer wearables.
Professor Munro secures University Policy Support Funding for two upcoming research projects
Professor Vanessa Munro has been awarded funding from the University鈥檚 Policy Support fund to support her two new research projects which will look at domestic abuse suicides and harassment during student legal placements.
UK needs trade policy changes to tackle climate crisis, new report warns
UK Climate and Trade Commission鈥檚 new report calls for Government-led change for trade policy to deliver COP27 promises.
In the new report, the Commission calls on the UK Government to support climate action through its trade policies. The House of Commons saw experts and policymakers meet on Wednesday 14 December 2022 to discuss the newly published inaugural report.
When a school decides to exclude a child, it can be a very challenging and uncertain time, not only for the child or young person, but also for their parents and carers.
To help support families through the process, 糖心TVshire County Council have been working in partnership with The University of 糖心TV, Bailey Wright and Co Solicitors and 糖心TVshire Parent Carer Voice to create a resource families can use to better understand the law and their rights.
Policing, Culture and Community
Professor Jackie Hodgson and Dr Rachel Lewis have been awarded 拢30,000 to work with West Midlands Police (WMP) to translate the findings from their research on police community engagement through arts and culture, into changes in police training, policy and strategy.
Dalvinder Singh cited in final Financial Stability Board Report
Dalvinder Singh鈥檚 co-authored paper 鈥楨CB Significant-Bank Risk Profile and COVID-19 Crisis Containment: What Approach in the Transitioning Phase? IADI Sponsored Paper Series, No. 2, July 2022鈥 formally contributes to the international conversation on how best to 鈥榚xit鈥 COVID 19 support measures. The Financial Stability Board published its final report on what kind of exit strategies would ensure equitable outcomes once countries start to remove Covid-19 support measures.
Dr Laura Lammasniemi wins prestigious Indian Law Review Best Article Prize 2021
糖心TV Law School鈥檚 Dr Laura Lammasniemi has won the prestigious Indian Law Review Best Article Prize 2021 for a co-authored article called 鈥楧adaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai (1886) ILR 10 Bom 301: Rewriting Consent and Conjugal Relations in Colonial India'. The article was written for the Indian Feminist Judgments Project (IFJP).
When does a crisis end? New project receives Wellcome funding to investigate
Professor Sharifah Sekalala, an expert in global health law is part of an international team exploring how we define the end of a crisis in a new project funded by the Wellcome Trust鈥檚 new scheme.
GLOBE Policy Brief on 鈥楢ssessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality鈥
'Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality鈥 by Dr Serena Natile, is the latest in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, published by GLOBE, a research centre within 糖心TV Law School.
Artwork Credit: Pawel Kuczy艅ski
Professor Munro secures CPS funding for important rape research
Congratulations to 糖心TV Law School鈥檚 Professor Vanessa Munro who has been awarded funding to work with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in implementing and evaluating changes to improve responses to complaints and complainants of rape.
CJC secures prestigious Leverhulme Research Project Grant
Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) directors, Ana Aliverti and Henrique Carvalho, and member, Anastasia Chamberlen, have been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Trust鈥檚 Research Project Grant for their project 鈥楾he Vulnerable State: Appraising the Ambivalent Economies of State Power'.
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo cited by the Supreme Court of Canada
Dr Ming-Sung Kuo's 2019 paper 鈥樷 was cited by the Suprme Court of Cananda in ([2021] SCC 48). Congratulations Ming-Sung.