Lecturer in Law and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor 

Research Interests

My work is currently in the field of Environmental Law, and focuses, in particular, on the the enforcement of environmental offences, regulatory approaches and the role of private law in environmental protection.

Recent Publications   

“Planning and Nuisance: Revisiting the Balance of Public and Private Interests in Land Use Development” (2011) Journal of Environmental Law, forthcoming. (with V. Jenkins).

“Criminal Law as a Preventative Tool of Environmental Regulation: Compliance versus Deterrence” (2009) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, forthcoming.

“Planning Appeals and the Informal Hearings Procedure: the Inquisitorial Role of the Inspector” (2008) 72 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 525

Sewage Treatment Works and IPPC: the meaning of ‘final compounds or mixtures which are discarded’ (2008) 10(2) Environmental Law Review 147.

Section on ‘Contractual Licences’ and ‘Mortgages – undue influence’ in R, Smith, D, Rook & L, Murrell (eds), Conversion Course Companion for Law (Pearson, 2008).

'Natural Law and Ecocentrism' (2007) 19 Journal of Environmental Law pp. 89-101 (with B. Donnelly).

'Inadequate Sound Insulation: Does the Law of Nuisance Provide an Effective Remedy?' (2005) 7 Environmental Law Review pp.238-252.   

Reviews   

Enforcing Pollution Control Regulation—Strengthening Sanctions and Improving Deterrence by Carolyn Abbot (2010) 22(2) Journal of Environmental Law 335-338

Regulation, Enforcement and Governance in Environmental Law by Richard Macrory (2010) IUCN Academy of Environmental Law E-journal.

Papers   

“Environmental Conflict, Welsh Badgers and Agriculture” Colloquium - Environmental Law and Policy in Wales: Responding to Global and Local Challenges, Swansea University, April, 2011.

“The Prosecution of Employees for Environmental Offences: an Economic Analysis”, University of Wales Annual Staff/Student Conference, Gregynog, February, 2011.

“Environmental Crime, Custodial Sentences and Deterrence” Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Southampton, September, 2010.

“Possession of Extreme Pornographic Images” University of Wales Annual Staff/Student Conference, Gregynog, February, 2010.

"The Criminal Law as a Preventative Tool of Environmental Regulation: Compliance versus Deterrence” School of Law research seminar series, Swansea University, September, 2008.

"The EU Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Ship-Source Pollution and the Preventative Principle", Conference of the Leipzig Platform for Environmental Legal Research, Leipzig, Germany, June 2007.

"The Prohibition on 'Clogs or Fetters' on the Mortgagor’s Equity of Redemption: an Anachronism?" University of Wales Annual Staff/Student Conference, Gregynog, March 2007.

"A New and Traditional Natural Law Analysis of Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism", Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, 2005. (with Bebhinn Donnelly)

Relevant Activities

Member of the Society of Legal Scholars, United Kingdom Environmental Law Association and Society for Computers and Law.

Research Supervision   

Current PhD student: Adebola Adeyemi,  “Sustainability and Project Financing in Africa.”

I would welcome proposals or enquiries for research into environmental law; in particular, research which focuses on the enforcement of environmental law or the role of private law in environmental protection. Research proposals in any area of land law or property law would also be welcome.