The Student Journal of Professional Practice and Academic Research

The Last Waltz

Rachel Dunn — 2021-03-04

What is the role of non-disclosure agreements in settling sexual harassment cases in the workplace, and should their use be limited further?

Lydia Almond — 2021-03-04

Non Fatal Offences- Judicial Cornerstone or Archaic convolution?

Victoria Hope — 2021-03-04

A Comparison of American Rape Law to English and Welsh Rape Law

Jessica Horne — 2021-03-04

To what extent does UK law protect victims from taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent in an age of emerging technology?

Ellie Howarth — 2021-03-04

Facial Recognition Technology

Shola Hughes — 2021-03-04

Disposal of the Dead: Is UK law fit for modern use?

Demi Mackell — 2021-03-04

PACE Act 1984

Emily Mariner-Stone — 2021-03-04

Why Euthanasia Should be Legalised in the UK

Delight Mushore — 2021-03-04

How Does the Law Surrounding Surrogacy Need Reforming in the UK?

Aliyah Nojib — 2021-03-04

To what extent should controlled drugs and their classification be reformed like other countries?

Molly Owen — 2021-03-04

Are There Enough Safeguards In Place To Protect Victims Of Online / Social Media Abuse And Sexual Exploitation?

Isabelle Parkin — 2021-03-04

Pregnancy Discrimination

Lewis Todd — 2021-03-04

To what extent did the creation of Government Inspectors of Mines and Collieries under the Mines and Collieries Act 1842 provide a panacea for these evils?

Nathan Maddison — 2021-03-04

The laws surrounding responsibility and accountability of autonomous weapons systems are insufficient: An analysis of legal and ethical implications of autonomous weapons systems

Sophie Quince — 2021-03-04

A Critical Analysis and Suggested Reform of Sentencing and Disqualification Orders under the Animal Welfare Act 2006

Daniel Hails — 2021-03-04

Confusing, Dated and Ineffective? Current Sex Work Laws in England and Wales and Proposals for Reform

Jade Potot-Warren — 2021-03-04

Sex work is defined as ‘a person who on at least one occasion and whether or not compelled to do so, offers or provides sexual services to another person in return for payment or a promise of payment to A or a third person’ . Sex work law is often controversial, and must balance the interests of the workers, the clients and the public. Examination of the relevant law relating to sex work, and the history and policy considerations that influenced it are crucial to understanding the principles that underpin the current law, as well as its application and flaws. There are a variety of critiques of England and Wales’ current approach to sex work and the reforms put in place thus far, including criticism suggesting that the current law is in places confusing, dated and ineffective. I will suggest proposals for reform, aimed at clarifying and modernising UK sex work legislation. These proposals for reform will explore and compare existing alternative models that could potentially be adopted. The issues raised by legal transplants (i.e. ‘the moving of a rule or a system of law from one country to another or from one people to another’ in order for it to function as it did in the host jurisdiction ) are also a necessary consideration in the development of reform proposals.

An evaluation, in light of Brexit, of the extent that the EU has been responsible for improving the habitat conservation regime in England and Wales

Luke Johnson — 2021-03-04

Conservation efforts in Britain originated in the nineteenth century; when Wordsworth described the Lake District as “a national property in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy.” Since, an abundance of national and international legislation has been passed intending to protect the natural environment and the species inside it. This essay will explore the current habitat conservation regime of England and Wales, evaluating the extent to which the European Union has enhanced the current system. In doing so, this paper shall first outline the international framework before analysing the evolution of the current regime of Sites of Special Scientific Interest. I will then evaluate the Natura 2000 network in order to assess the effect that the EU has had on the domestic habitat conservation system. This discussion will ultimately conclude that whilst the EU has had a positive impact, the system is not doomed to fail following Brexit if the UK government avoid the disparagement of conservational measures.