If you could change one thing in the criminal law, what would it be?
Speakers at the Criminal Law Reform Now Conference in September 2021 presented and explored ten different answers to this question, showcasing important ideas for criminal law reform from across academia and legal practice. Speaker briefs will be collated and submitted by us to the Law Commission to meet their July consultation deadline. The proposals (and responses) will be brought together into an edited collection with Hart - subject to finalisation of the contract.
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Presentations from the Criminal Law Reform Now Conference
Introductory Remarks
Dr John Child – CLRNN, Prof Penney Lewis – Law Commission
The Individual Liability of Corporate Officers for Employee Crime
Prof Jeremy Horder, LSE and Ms Gabriele Watts
Consent to bodily harm and the public interest
Dr Daniel Bansal and Dr Tracy Elliott, University of Leicester
Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Dr Tanya Palmer, University of Sussex
On Context, Control and Conviction: Lingering Questions of Liability in Domestic Abuse
Prof Vanessa Munro, University of Warwick
A modest proposal to decriminalise the simple possession of drugs
Prof Alex Stevens, University of Kent; Ms Niamh Eastwood and Ms Kirstie Douse, Release
Is It Time for the Next Seminal Economic Crime Statute? Modernising and Simplifying Tax Evasion Offences in the UK
Ms Samantha Bourton, UWE
Presumptive right to anonymity
Dr Joe Purshouse, UEA
Post appeal decision-making. Reforming the powers of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Dr Lucy Welsh, University of Sussex
Appeals
Mr Paul Jarvis, Barrister and CLRNN Committee Member
Dynamics and drivers for change in the criminal justice system
Mr Stephen Wooler, Barrister and CLRNN Committee Member