As the UK Government pledges to resettle up to 20,000 Afghans following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Sheona York from the Kent Law Clinic says: ‘The Taliban’s arrival last … Read more
Category: Thought leadership
Expert Comment: Professor Lydia Hayes challenges mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for care home workers
Professor Lydia Hayes, Head of Kent Law School, alongside Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University has argued that mandatory vaccination is ‘unnecessary, … Read more
Expert comment: Conservatorships explained
With Britney Spears publicly in the legal process of trying to end a conservatorship with her father, Stephanie Coker, an Associate Lecturer at Kent Law … Read more
Expert comment: Criminalising those escaping persecution is illogical and oppressive
In response to recent news of an Afghan man being charged by Greek authorities with the criminal offence of endangering life, from the 2016 incident … Read more
Expert comment: legal academics call for apology from Home Office after tweet referencing ‘activist lawyers’
Kent Law School academics Professor Nick Grief, Sian Lewis-Anthony and Dr Thanos Zartaloudis have called for an apology from the Home Office after a tweet, … Read more
Expert comment: Now, more than ever, is not the time to remove the right to jury trial
Legal Twitter has quite rightly exploded in the past 24 – 48 hours concerning the issue of jury trials. This has come about as a … Read more
Law School alumnus hosts top-ranking weekly commercial awareness podcast
Kent Law School alumnus Tapiwa Museba is hosting a top-ranking weekly commercial awareness podcast for current and aspiring corporate lawyers. The Commercial Awareness Podcast, launched … Read more
April 2020: Research round-up including socio-legal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 2020 Socio-legal insights in the time of COVID-19: Social care regulation at Work: Research undertaken by Professor Lydia Hayes and her project team (in … Read more
Research into social care regulation initiates COVID-19 recommendations to Government
Research led by Kent Law School Professor Lydia Hayes (in collaboration with UNISON in the North West of England) shows severe breaches in Health and … Read more
Kent Professor questions ‘Continuous at Sea Deterrent’ as costs of Covid-19 spiral
Kent Law School Professor Nick Grief is among a group of signatories to a letter sent to all MPs, questioning whether the UK’s Trident nuclear … Read more